diff --git a/server/handler_test.go b/server/handler_test.go
index 954523e04..5617c8ffa 100644
--- a/server/handler_test.go
+++ b/server/handler_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	gohttp "net/http"
 
@@ -675,6 +676,9 @@ func TestClusterTranslator(t *testing.T) {
 
 	test.MustDo("POST", cluster[0].URL()+"/index/i0/query", "Set(\"foo\", f0=\"bar\")")
 
+	// wait for key to replicate to second node
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+
 	result0 := test.MustDo("POST", cluster[0].URL()+"/index/i0/query", "Row(f0=\"bar\")").Body
 	result1 := test.MustDo("POST", cluster[1].URL()+"/index/i0/query", "Row(f0=\"bar\")").Body