diff --git a/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/query_sample_test.go b/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/query_sample_test.go
index 770ecda7f6..76e323a630 100644
--- a/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/query_sample_test.go
+++ b/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/query_sample_test.go
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func TestQuerySampleSQLDriverErrors(t *testing.T) {
 
 		require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
 			return len(lokiClient.Received()) == 2
-		}, 5000*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond)
+		}, 5*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond)
 
 		collector.Stop()
 		lokiClient.Stop()