diff --git a/tests/framework/timeout.go b/tests/framework/timeout.go
index 394f9e351d..72e51ef190 100644
--- a/tests/framework/timeout.go
+++ b/tests/framework/timeout.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func DefaultTimeoutConfig() TimeoutConfig {
 		DeleteNamespaceTimeout:  150 * time.Second,
 		GetTimeout:              10 * time.Second,
 		ManifestFetchTimeout:    10 * time.Second,
-		RequestTimeout:          10 * time.Second,
+		RequestTimeout:          30 * time.Second,
 		ContainerRestartTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
 		GetLeaderLeaseTimeout:   60 * time.Second,
 		GetStatusTimeout:        60 * time.Second,
diff --git a/tests/suite/manifests/snippets-filter/valid-sf.yaml b/tests/suite/manifests/snippets-filter/valid-sf.yaml
index ca036a5d8f..91086daa67 100644
--- a/tests/suite/manifests/snippets-filter/valid-sf.yaml
+++ b/tests/suite/manifests/snippets-filter/valid-sf.yaml
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ spec:
     - context: main
       value: worker_priority 0;
     - context: http
-      value: aio on;
+      value: aio off;
     - context: http.server
-      value: auth_delay 10s;
+      value: auth_delay 0s;
     - context: http.server.location
-      value: keepalive_time 10s;
+      value: keepalive_time 1h;
 ---
 apiVersion: gateway.nginx.org/v1alpha1
 kind: SnippetsFilter
diff --git a/tests/suite/snippets_filter_test.go b/tests/suite/snippets_filter_test.go
index 8a45d2277b..7c91c93565 100644
--- a/tests/suite/snippets_filter_test.go
+++ b/tests/suite/snippets_filter_test.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ var _ = Describe("SnippetsFilter", Ordered, Label("functional", "snippets-filter
 
 		BeforeAll(func() {
 			Expect(resourceManager.ApplyFromFiles(snippetsFilter, namespace)).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(resourceManager.WaitForAppsToBeReady(namespace)).To(Succeed())
 		})
 
 		AfterAll(func() {
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ var _ = Describe("SnippetsFilter", Ordered, Label("functional", "snippets-filter
 					},
 					{
 						Directive: "aio",
-						Value:     "on",
+						Value:     "off",
 						File:      fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", httpContext, httpRouteSuffix),
 					},
 					{
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ var _ = Describe("SnippetsFilter", Ordered, Label("functional", "snippets-filter
 					},
 					{
 						Directive: "auth_delay",
-						Value:     "10s",
+						Value:     "0s",
 						File:      fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", httpServerContext, httpRouteSuffix),
 					},
 					{
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ var _ = Describe("SnippetsFilter", Ordered, Label("functional", "snippets-filter
 					},
 					{
 						Directive: "keepalive_time",
-						Value:     "10s",
+						Value:     "1h",
 						File:      fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", httpServerLocationContext, httpRouteSuffix),
 					},
 				}),