diff --git a/tools/kconfig_new/test/test_confserver.py b/tools/kconfig_new/test/test_confserver.py
index d5da31913c..20fce7e031 100755
--- a/tools/kconfig_new/test/test_confserver.py
+++ b/tools/kconfig_new/test/test_confserver.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def main():
 
         cmdline = "../confserver.py --kconfig Kconfig --config %s" % temp_sdkconfig_path
         print("Running: %s" % cmdline)
-        p = pexpect.spawn(cmdline, timeout=0.5)
+        p = pexpect.spawn(cmdline, timeout=2)
         p.logfile = args.logfile
         p.setecho(False)