diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-cassandra/src/test/java/sample/data/cassandra/SampleCassandraApplicationTests.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-cassandra/src/test/java/sample/data/cassandra/SampleCassandraApplicationTests.java
index f50659242a..25cb134565 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-cassandra/src/test/java/sample/data/cassandra/SampleCassandraApplicationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-cassandra/src/test/java/sample/data/cassandra/SampleCassandraApplicationTests.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 @SpringApplicationConfiguration(SampleCassandraApplication.class)
 @IntegrationTest("spring.data.cassandra.port=9142")
 @CassandraDataSet(keyspace = "mykeyspace", value = "setup.cql")
-@EmbeddedCassandra
+@EmbeddedCassandra(timeout = 60000)
 public class SampleCassandraApplicationTests {
 
 	@ClassRule