diff --git a/analytics/pubstack/eventchannel/eventchannel_test.go b/analytics/pubstack/eventchannel/eventchannel_test.go
index 792e15e151e..f450fb61fe1 100644
--- a/analytics/pubstack/eventchannel/eventchannel_test.go
+++ b/analytics/pubstack/eventchannel/eventchannel_test.go
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ package eventchannel
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 var maxByteSize = int64(15)
@@ -160,16 +161,21 @@ func TestEventChannel_OutputFormat(t *testing.T) {
 	eventChannel := NewEventChannel(send, 15000, 10, 2*time.Minute)
 
 	eventChannel.Push([]byte("one"))
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Millisecond)
+
 	eventChannel.flush()
+
 	eventChannel.Push([]byte("two"))
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Millisecond)
+
 	eventChannel.Push([]byte("three"))
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Millisecond)
 
 	eventChannel.Close()
 
-	time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Millisecond)
 
 	expected := append(toGzip("one"), toGzip("twothree")...)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, data)
-
 }