diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain.Test/BlockProcessorTests.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain.Test/BlockProcessorTests.cs
index fb34d3ae174..bbf27d2ff5d 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain.Test/BlockProcessorTests.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain.Test/BlockProcessorTests.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Threading;
 using FluentAssertions;
+using Nethermind.Core.Test.Blockchain;
 
 namespace Nethermind.Blockchain.Test
 {
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ public async Task Process_long_running_branch(int blocksAmount)
 
             var branchLength = blocksAmount + (int)testRpc.BlockTree.BestKnownNumber + 1;
             ((BlockTree)testRpc.BlockTree).AddBranch(branchLength, (int)testRpc.BlockTree.BestKnownNumber);
-            (await suggestedBlockResetEvent.WaitAsync(1000)).Should().BeTrue();
+            (await suggestedBlockResetEvent.WaitAsync(TestBlockchain.DefaultTimeout)).Should().BeTrue();
             Assert.AreEqual(branchLength - 1, (int)testRpc.BlockTree.BestKnownNumber);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core.Test/Blockchain/TestBlockchain.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core.Test/Blockchain/TestBlockchain.cs
index 404e84b0be7..0e619ea1637 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core.Test/Blockchain/TestBlockchain.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core.Test/Blockchain/TestBlockchain.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ namespace Nethermind.Core.Test.Blockchain
 {
     public class TestBlockchain : IDisposable
     {
+        public const int DefaultTimeout = 2000;
         public IStateReader StateReader { get; private set; }
         public IEthereumEcdsa EthereumEcdsa { get; private set; }
         public TransactionProcessor TxProcessor { get; set; }
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ protected virtual async Task<TestBlockchain> Build(ISpecProvider specProvider =
             return this;
         }
 
-        private async Task WaitAsync(SemaphoreSlim semaphore, string error, int timeout = 1000)
+        private async Task WaitAsync(SemaphoreSlim semaphore, string error, int timeout = DefaultTimeout)
         {
             if (!await semaphore.WaitAsync(timeout))
             {
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ private async Task WaitAsync(SemaphoreSlim semaphore, string error, int timeout
             }
         }
 
-        private async Task WaitAsync(EventWaitHandle eventWaitHandle, string error, int timeout = 1000)
+        private async Task WaitAsync(EventWaitHandle eventWaitHandle, string error, int timeout = DefaultTimeout)
         {
             if (!await eventWaitHandle.WaitOneAsync(timeout, CancellationToken.None))
             {