diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/pom.xml
index 35964f09d2e..c82ddca8408 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/pom.xml
@@ -546,6 +546,11 @@
 			<artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
+			<artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jetty-webapp</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/test/MetricsIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/test/MetricsIntegrationTests.java
index 921ee3215c6..842c7a0f99f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/test/MetricsIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/test/MetricsIntegrationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.test;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.waitAtMost;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.client.ExpectedCount.once;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.client.match.MockRestRequestMatchers.method;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.client.match.MockRestRequestMatchers.requestTo;
@@ -110,7 +112,9 @@ class MetricsIntegrationTests {
 	@Test
 	void requestMappingIsInstrumented() {
 		this.loopback.getForObject("/api/people", Set.class);
-		assertThat(this.registry.get("http.server.requests").timer().count()).isEqualTo(1);
+		waitAtMost(Duration.ofSeconds(5)).untilAsserted(
+				() -> assertThat(this.registry.get("http.server.requests").timer().count()).isEqualTo(1));
+
 	}
 
 	@Test