diff --git a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/legacy-project-import/legacy-piece-importers/features-specification.legacy-piece-importer.ts b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/legacy-project-import/legacy-piece-importers/features-specification.legacy-piece-importer.ts
index fc1fc6c718..3ad767f728 100644
--- a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/legacy-project-import/legacy-piece-importers/features-specification.legacy-piece-importer.ts
+++ b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/legacy-project-import/legacy-piece-importers/features-specification.legacy-piece-importer.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ type ApiEventSelectResult = {
 
 type FeatureIdByIntegerId = Record<number, string>;
 
+export const retriesIntervalForSpecificationStatusInSeconds = 30;
+
 @Injectable()
 @LegacyProjectImportPieceProcessorProvider()
 export class FeaturesSpecificationLegacyProjectPieceImporter
@@ -250,7 +252,7 @@ export class FeaturesSpecificationLegacyProjectPieceImporter
   ): Promise<Either<string, true>> {
     const timeout = left('specification timeout');
     const failure = left('specification failed');
-    const intervalSeconds = 30;
+    const intervalSeconds = retriesIntervalForSpecificationStatusInSeconds;
     let triesLeft = retries;
 
     return new Promise<Either<string, true>>((resolve) => {
diff --git a/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/integration/legacy-project-import/features-specification.legacy-piece-importer.e2e-spec.ts b/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/integration/legacy-project-import/features-specification.legacy-piece-importer.e2e-spec.ts
index d7e0fb2a11..7a2b534d5f 100644
--- a/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/integration/legacy-project-import/features-specification.legacy-piece-importer.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/integration/legacy-project-import/features-specification.legacy-piece-importer.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import { Either, isLeft, left, right } from 'fp-ts/lib/Either';
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
 import { EntityManager, In, Repository } from 'typeorm';
 import { v4 } from 'uuid';
-import { FeaturesSpecificationLegacyProjectPieceImporter } from '../../../src/legacy-project-import/legacy-piece-importers/features-specification.legacy-piece-importer';
+import { FeaturesSpecificationLegacyProjectPieceImporter, retriesIntervalForSpecificationStatusInSeconds } from '../../../src/legacy-project-import/legacy-piece-importers/features-specification.legacy-piece-importer';
 import {
   specDatFeatureIdPropertyKey,
   specDatPuidPropertyKey,
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ import {
 } from '../cloning/fixtures';
 
 let fixtures: FixtureType<typeof getFixtures>;
+// needs to be comfortably > than the retries interval when polling for
+// status
+const timeoutForTestsThatNeedToCheckSpecificationJobStatus = 2 * retriesIntervalForSpecificationStatusInSeconds * 1000;
 
 describe(FeaturesSpecificationLegacyProjectPieceImporter, () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
@@ -224,7 +227,7 @@ describe(FeaturesSpecificationLegacyProjectPieceImporter, () => {
       .WhenPieceImporterIsInvoked(job)
       .AndSpecificationProcessFails()
       .ThenASpecificationDidntFinishErrorShouldBeThrown();
-  });
+  }, timeoutForTestsThatNeedToCheckSpecificationJobStatus);
 
   it(`fails when specification async job timeouts`, async () => {
     const specDatFileType = LegacyProjectImportFileType.SpecDat;
@@ -248,7 +251,7 @@ describe(FeaturesSpecificationLegacyProjectPieceImporter, () => {
       .WhenPieceImporterIsInvoked(job)
       .AndSpecificationProcessTimeouts()
       .ThenASpecificationDidntFinishErrorShouldBeThrown();
-  }, 70_000);
+  }, timeoutForTestsThatNeedToCheckSpecificationJobStatus * 2);
 
   it(`fails if features data records does not contain required properties`, async () => {
     const specDatFileType = LegacyProjectImportFileType.SpecDat;
@@ -275,7 +278,7 @@ describe(FeaturesSpecificationLegacyProjectPieceImporter, () => {
       .WhenPieceImporterIsInvoked(job)
       .AndSpecificationProcessSucceeds()
       .ThenAMissingRequiredPropertiesErrorShouldBeThrown();
-  });
+  }, timeoutForTestsThatNeedToCheckSpecificationJobStatus);
 
   it('fails if puvspr.dat contains features not present in spec.dat', async () => {
     const specDatFileType = LegacyProjectImportFileType.SpecDat;
@@ -329,7 +332,7 @@ describe(FeaturesSpecificationLegacyProjectPieceImporter, () => {
       .WhenPieceImporterIsInvoked(job)
       .AndSpecificationProcessSucceeds()
       .ThenScenarioFeaturesDataShouldBeImported();
-  });
+  }, timeoutForTestsThatNeedToCheckSpecificationJobStatus);
 });
 
 const getFixtures = async () => {