diff --git a/packages/grpc-native-core/test/surface_test.js b/packages/grpc-native-core/test/surface_test.js
index 94b60e37..d5b7add5 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-native-core/test/surface_test.js
+++ b/packages/grpc-native-core/test/surface_test.js
@@ -939,10 +939,11 @@ describe('Other conditions', function() {
      * and go to TRANSIENT_FAILURE to confirm that the waitForReady option
      * makes it end the call instead of continuing to try. A DNS resolution
      * failure makes that transition very fast. */
+    this.timeout(15000);
     const disconnectedClient = new Client('foo.test.google.com:50051', grpc.credentials.createInsecure());
     const metadata = new grpc.Metadata({waitForReady: false});
     const deadline = new Date();
-    deadline.setSeconds(deadline.getSeconds() + 1);
+    deadline.setSeconds(deadline.getSeconds() + 10);
     disconnectedClient.unary({}, metadata, {deadline: deadline}, (error, value) =>{
       assert(error);
       assert.strictEqual(error.code, grpc.status.UNAVAILABLE);