diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-cicd/salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-cicd/salt.yaml
index 2d7b520..bb54f8e 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-cicd/salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-cicd/salt.yaml
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Configure salt.minion on other nodes
-  cmd: salt --timeout=120 --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@linux:system and not cfg01*' state.sls salt.minion
+  cmd: salt --timeout=120 --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@linux:system and not cfg01*' state.sls salt.minion && sleep 10
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 3, delay: 15}
   skip_fail: false
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
 - description: Check salt minion versions on slaves
   cmd: salt '*' test.version
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 2, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check salt top states on nodes