diff --git a/scripts/test/kubernetes-test.sh b/scripts/test/kubernetes-test.sh
index 120fe2aeb..1ad2c1d5a 100644
--- a/scripts/test/kubernetes-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/kubernetes-test.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ helm repo update
 helm install postgres bitnami/postgresql
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$(kubectl get secret --namespace default postgres-postgresql -o jsonpath="{.data.postgres-password}" | base64 -d)
 export POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+sleep 300
 kubectl port-forward --namespace default postgres-postgresql-0  5432:5432 &
 kubectl create secret generic postgres-secrets --from-literal=host=postgres-postgresql.default.svc.cluster.local --from-literal=password=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD