diff --git a/examples/tests/sdk_tests/queue/retention_period.main.w b/examples/tests/sdk_tests/queue/retention_period.main.w
index 25dc96987f6..0c1c2dd798a 100644
--- a/examples/tests/sdk_tests/queue/retention_period.main.w
+++ b/examples/tests/sdk_tests/queue/retention_period.main.w
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 bring cloud;
 bring util;
 
-let var timeout = 100ms;
-let var retentionPeriod = 1s;
+let var timeout = 30s;
+let var retentionPeriod = 60s;
 
 let q = new cloud.Queue(timeout: timeout, retentionPeriod: retentionPeriod);
 
-test "retentionPeriod" {
+new std.Test(inflight () => {
   q.push("hello", "world");
 
+  util.sleep(retentionPeriod);
+
   assert(util.waitUntil(() => {
     return q.approxSize() == 0;
   }));
-}
+}, timeout: 2m) as "retentionPeriod";
diff --git a/tools/hangar/__snapshots__/test_corpus/sdk_tests/queue/retention_period.main.w_compile_tf-aws.md b/tools/hangar/__snapshots__/test_corpus/sdk_tests/queue/retention_period.main.w_compile_tf-aws.md
index 274cd0395c2..70c4224a730 100644
--- a/tools/hangar/__snapshots__/test_corpus/sdk_tests/queue/retention_period.main.w_compile_tf-aws.md
+++ b/tools/hangar/__snapshots__/test_corpus/sdk_tests/queue/retention_period.main.w_compile_tf-aws.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## inflight.$Closure1-1.js
 ```js
-module.exports = function({ $q, $util_Util }) {
+module.exports = function({ $q, $retentionPeriod, $util_Util }) {
   class $Closure1 {
     constructor({  }) {
       const $obj = (...args) => this.handle(...args);
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module.exports = function({ $q, $util_Util }) {
     }
     async handle() {
       (await $q.push("hello","world"));
+      (await $util_Util.sleep($retentionPeriod));
       {((cond) => {if (!cond) throw new Error("assertion failed: util.waitUntil(() => {\n    return q.approxSize() == 0;\n  })")})((await $util_Util.waitUntil(async () => {
         return (((a,b) => { try { return require('assert').deepStrictEqual(a,b) === undefined; } catch { return false; } })((await $q.approxSize()),0));
       }
@@ -60,9 +61,9 @@ module.exports = function({ $q, $util_Util }) {
             "uniqueId": "cloudQueue"
           }
         },
-        "message_retention_seconds": 1,
+        "message_retention_seconds": 60,
         "name": "cloud-Queue-c86e03d8",
-        "visibility_timeout_seconds": 0.1
+        "visibility_timeout_seconds": 30
       }
     }
   }
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ class $Root extends $stdlib.std.Resource {
         return `
           require("./inflight.$Closure1-1.js")({
             $q: ${context._lift(q)},
+            $retentionPeriod: ${context._lift(retentionPeriod)},
             $util_Util: ${context._lift($stdlib.core.toLiftableModuleType(util.Util, "@winglang/sdk/util", "Util"))},
           })
         `;
@@ -111,14 +113,15 @@ class $Root extends $stdlib.std.Resource {
       _registerBind(host, ops) {
         if (ops.includes("handle")) {
           $Closure1._registerBindObject(q, host, ["approxSize", "push"]);
+          $Closure1._registerBindObject(retentionPeriod, host, []);
         }
         super._registerBind(host, ops);
       }
     }
-    let timeout = (std.Duration.fromSeconds(0.1));
-    let retentionPeriod = (std.Duration.fromSeconds(1));
+    let timeout = (std.Duration.fromSeconds(30));
+    let retentionPeriod = (std.Duration.fromSeconds(60));
     const q = this.node.root.newAbstract("@winglang/sdk.cloud.Queue",this,"cloud.Queue",{ timeout: timeout, retentionPeriod: retentionPeriod });
-    this.node.root.new("@winglang/sdk.std.Test",std.Test,this,"test:retentionPeriod",new $Closure1(this,"$Closure1"));
+    this.node.root.new("@winglang/sdk.std.Test",std.Test,this,"retentionPeriod",new $Closure1(this,"$Closure1"),{ timeout: (std.Duration.fromSeconds(120)) });
   }
 }
 const $App = $stdlib.core.App.for(process.env.WING_TARGET);
diff --git a/tools/hangar/__snapshots__/test_corpus/sdk_tests/queue/retention_period.main.w_test_sim.md b/tools/hangar/__snapshots__/test_corpus/sdk_tests/queue/retention_period.main.w_test_sim.md
index 0a9fc70e6ee..a46202c468b 100644
--- a/tools/hangar/__snapshots__/test_corpus/sdk_tests/queue/retention_period.main.w_test_sim.md
+++ b/tools/hangar/__snapshots__/test_corpus/sdk_tests/queue/retention_period.main.w_test_sim.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## stdout.log
 ```log
-pass ─ retention_period.main.wsim » root/env0/test:retentionPeriod
+pass ─ retention_period.main.wsim » root/env0/retentionPeriod
  
  
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