diff --git a/integration-tests/opentelemetry-reactive/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/opentelemetry/reactive/OpenTelemetryReactiveTest.java b/integration-tests/opentelemetry-reactive/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/opentelemetry/reactive/OpenTelemetryReactiveTest.java
index 757e4455e200e..6ec053fa440cc 100644
--- a/integration-tests/opentelemetry-reactive/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/opentelemetry/reactive/OpenTelemetryReactiveTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/opentelemetry-reactive/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/opentelemetry/reactive/OpenTelemetryReactiveTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -41,8 +42,14 @@ public class OpenTelemetryReactiveTest {
     @BeforeEach
     @AfterEach
     void reset() {
-        given().get("/reset").then().statusCode(HTTP_OK);
-        await().atMost(5, SECONDS).until(() -> getSpans().size() == 0);
+        await().atMost(Duration.ofSeconds(30L)).until(() -> {
+            // make sure spans are cleared
+            List<Map<String, Object>> spans = getSpans();
+            if (!spans.isEmpty()) {
+                given().get("/reset").then().statusCode(HTTP_OK);
+            }
+            return spans.isEmpty();
+        });
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/integration-tests/opentelemetry-spi/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/opentelemetry/spi/OTelSpiTest.java b/integration-tests/opentelemetry-spi/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/opentelemetry/spi/OTelSpiTest.java
index 94e7cb3fd6428..8148595632a0f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/opentelemetry-spi/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/opentelemetry/spi/OTelSpiTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/opentelemetry-spi/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/opentelemetry/spi/OTelSpiTest.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import static io.restassured.RestAssured.get;
 import static io.restassured.RestAssured.given;
 import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK;
-import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
 import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.await;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
@@ -33,8 +32,14 @@ public class OTelSpiTest {
     @BeforeEach
     @AfterEach
     void reset() {
-        given().get("/reset").then().statusCode(HTTP_OK);
-        await().atMost(5, SECONDS).until(() -> getSpans().size() == 0);
+        await().atMost(Duration.ofSeconds(30L)).until(() -> {
+            // make sure spans are cleared
+            List<Map<String, Object>> spans = getSpans();
+            if (!spans.isEmpty()) {
+                given().get("/reset").then().statusCode(HTTP_OK);
+            }
+            return spans.isEmpty();
+        });
     }
 
     private List<Map<String, Object>> getSpans() {
diff --git a/integration-tests/opentelemetry/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryInjectionsTest.java b/integration-tests/opentelemetry/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryInjectionsTest.java
index 9430bd7583a3c..b945bbddf22ef 100644
--- a/integration-tests/opentelemetry/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryInjectionsTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/opentelemetry/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryInjectionsTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
 import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.await;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -22,8 +23,14 @@ public class OpenTelemetryInjectionsTest {
     @BeforeEach
     @AfterEach
     void reset() {
-        given().get("/reset").then().statusCode(HTTP_OK);
-        await().atMost(5, SECONDS).until(() -> getSpans().size() == 0);
+        await().atMost(Duration.ofSeconds(30L)).until(() -> {
+            // make sure spans are cleared
+            List<Map<String, Object>> spans = getSpans();
+            if (!spans.isEmpty()) {
+                given().get("/reset").then().statusCode(HTTP_OK);
+            }
+            return spans.isEmpty();
+        });
     }
 
     private List<Map<String, Object>> getSpans() {