diff --git a/examples/gcp/bin/prep-inception.sh b/examples/gcp/bin/prep-inception.sh
index 1d51447b..a22d7935 100755
--- a/examples/gcp/bin/prep-inception.sh
+++ b/examples/gcp/bin/prep-inception.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ terraform {
 }
 EOF
 
+# Wait for the service account key to propagate
+sleep 2
+
 terraform init
 terraform state show module.inception.google_storage_bucket.tf_state || \
   terraform import module.inception.google_storage_bucket.tf_state ${tf_state_bucket_name}