diff --git a/plenum/test/waits.py b/plenum/test/waits.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/plenum/test/waits.py
+++ b/plenum/test/waits.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def expectedPoolInterconnectionTime(nodeCount):
     # TODO check actual state
     # multiply by 2 because we need to re-create connections which can be done on a second re-try only
     # (we may send pings on some of the re-tries)
-    return min(0.8 * config.TestRunningTimeLimitSec,
+    return max(0.8 * config.TestRunningTimeLimitSec,
                interconnectionCount * nodeConnectionTimeout +
                2 * config.RETRY_TIMEOUT_RESTRICTED + 2)
[INDY-<I>] Radical increase checkConnected timeout