diff --git a/fdbclient/admin_client.go b/fdbclient/admin_client.go
index 5354dabcb..d1cb91a95 100644
--- a/fdbclient/admin_client.go
+++ b/fdbclient/admin_client.go
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ func (client *cliAdminClient) KillProcesses(addresses []fdbv1beta2.ProcessAddres
 	}
 
 	killCommand := fmt.Sprintf(
-		"kill; kill %[1]s; sleep 1; kill %[1]s; sleep 1; kill %[1]s",
+		"kill; kill %[1]s; sleep 1; kill %[1]s; sleep 5",
 		fdbv1beta2.ProcessAddressesStringWithoutFlags(addresses, " "),
 	)
 	_, err := client.runCommandWithBackoff(killCommand)