diff --git a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/FileUtilitiesLastChangedTest.java b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/FileUtilitiesLastChangedTest.java
index 47593d92cdd814953bc16a86d84c4a7ad1ab48dc..c2e48c09325e2695d16ef9daab3e53c79bf2b3e3 100644
--- a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/FileUtilitiesLastChangedTest.java
+++ b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/FileUtilitiesLastChangedTest.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class FileUtilitiesLastChangedTest
         }
         final long lastChanged = FileUtilities.lastChanged(testDir);
         final long diff = Math.abs(lastChanged - now);
-        assert diff <= 1000 : "expected difference less than 1s, but was " + diff / 1000.0 + "s";
+        assert diff <= 2000 : "expected difference less than 2s, but was " + diff / 1000.0 + "s";
 
         // We need to wait for more than 1s because that's the granularity of the changed time attribute saved with
         // files.