diff --git a/zzk/service2/hoststate_test.go b/zzk/service2/hoststate_test.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/zzk/service2/hoststate_test.go
+++ b/zzk/service2/hoststate_test.go
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ func (t *ZZKTest) TestHostStateListener_Spawn_AttachRun(c *C) {
 	select {
 	case e := <-ev:
 		c.Assert(e.Type, Equals, client.EventNodeDeleted)
-	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
 		c.Fatalf("state not deleted")
 	}
 	handler.AssertExpectations(c)
bumped hoststate timeout for test