diff --git a/tests/subsys/zbus/publish_stats/src/main.c b/tests/subsys/zbus/publish_stats/src/main.c
index 86143e707ac17..b93bedfc12052 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/zbus/publish_stats/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/subsys/zbus/publish_stats/src/main.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ZTEST(publish_stats, test_channel_metadata)
 	zassert_equal(0, zbus_chan_pub_stats_avg_period(&chan));
 
 	/* Should be no different after a second of runtime */
-	k_sleep(K_SECONDS(1));
+	k_sleep(K_TIMEOUT_ABS_MS(1000));
 	zassert_equal(0, zbus_chan_pub_stats_count(&chan));
 	zassert_equal(0, zbus_chan_pub_stats_last_time(&chan));
 	zassert_equal(0, zbus_chan_pub_stats_avg_period(&chan));