diff --git a/test/core/iomgr/udp_server_test.c b/test/core/iomgr/udp_server_test.c
index 471d5b50c7c..c91752b9373 100644
--- a/test/core/iomgr/udp_server_test.c
+++ b/test/core/iomgr/udp_server_test.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static void test_receive(int number_of_clients) {
   gpr_mu_lock(GRPC_POLLSET_MU(&g_pollset));
 
   for (i = 0; i < number_of_clients; i++) {
-    deadline = GRPC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_TO_DEADLINE(4000);
+    deadline = GRPC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_TO_DEADLINE(10);
 
     number_of_reads_before = g_number_of_reads;
     /* Create a socket, send a packet to the UDP server. */