diff --git a/tests/test-convert-cvs.t b/tests/test-convert-cvs.t
index c60dfcc0abf2fadad062511a6c17837c8a1271f7_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1jb252ZXJ0LWN2cy50..75e29fcc5a71679abf3ff7d1d10fa155952ea46a_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1jb252ZXJ0LWN2cy50 100644
--- a/tests/test-convert-cvs.t
+++ b/tests/test-convert-cvs.t
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@
   T a
   T b/c
   $ cvs -q update -r branch > /dev/null
+  $ sleep 1
   $ echo d >> b/c
   $ cvs -q commit -mci2 . | grep '<--'
   $TESTTMP/cvsrepo/src/b/c,v  <--  *c (glob)