diff --git a/connect/connect-mapr-sink/mapr-sink.sh b/connect/connect-mapr-sink/mapr-sink.sh
index b6d6be5c7..75bb435db 100755
--- a/connect/connect-mapr-sink/mapr-sink.sh
+++ b/connect/connect-mapr-sink/mapr-sink.sh
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ playground topic produce -t maprtopic --nb-messages 3 --key "1" << 'EOF'
 {"schema":{"type":"struct","fields":[{"type":"string","optional":false,"field":"record"}]},"payload":{"record":"record%g"}}
 EOF
 
+sleep 10
+
 log "Creating Mapr sink connector"
 playground connector create-or-update --connector mapr-sink  << EOF
 {