diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/rollout_events_test.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/rollout_events_test.go
index de63541b..9330cea9 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/rollout_events_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/rollout_events_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func TestARolloutAdvancesOnEventsAndAReplacedControllerResumesIt(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// A quarter of an hour of silence is two seconds here.
 	wasSilent := applySilentAfter
-	applySilentAfter = 2 * time.Second
+	applySilentAfter = 5 * time.Second // wide enough that anchor reports within it while every package runs at once (issue 1938)
 	t.Cleanup(func() { applySilentAfter = wasSilent })
 
 	js, err := broker.Dial(testbus.URL(t))