diff --git a/weaviate/collections/batch/base.py b/weaviate/collections/batch/base.py
index f9c5e491a..efc7dd163 100644
--- a/weaviate/collections/batch/base.py
+++ b/weaviate/collections/batch/base.py
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ def _shutdown(self) -> None:
         # self.__batch_stream will set the shutdown event when it receives
         # the stop message from the server
         while self.__any_threads_alive():
-            time.sleep(1)
+            time.sleep(0.05)
         logger.warning("Send & receive threads finished.")
 
         # copy the results to the public results