diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9f11bcd17cdb66b749781f7ed5a80b1be1789d57..08c5e30843eefe82f1f3ca4cc18c4d33f025f62f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ test_ood_image:
       --wait
       $OOD_INSTANCE_NAME)
     - echo NEW_INSTANCE_ID=$NEW_INSTANCE_ID | tee -a instance.env
+    - sleep 20
     - openstack server add floating ip $NEW_INSTANCE_ID $FLOATING_IP
     - >
       curl --retry 10 --retry-delay 20 --retry-connrefused https://knightly.rc.uab.edu/Shibboleth.sso/Metadata --resolve knightly.rc.uab.edu:443:$FLOATING_IP -kf