diff --git a/src/test/cord-api/Framework/Subscriber.robot b/src/test/cord-api/Framework/Subscriber.robot
index 17d8b5e..5dd7c56 100644
--- a/src/test/cord-api/Framework/Subscriber.robot
+++ b/src/test/cord-api/Framework/Subscriber.robot
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
 
 Send Dhclient Request K8S
     ${RG_CONTAINER}=    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    60s    1s    Run    kubectl -n voltha get pod|grep "^rg-"|cut -d' ' -f1
+    Run    kubectl -n voltha exec ${RG_CONTAINER} -- sed -i 's/timeout 300;/timeout 30;/' /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
     Run    kubectl -n voltha exec ${RG_CONTAINER} -- dhclient
     Run    kubectl -n voltha exec ${RG_CONTAINER} -- dhclient -r
     Run    kubectl -n voltha exec ${RG_CONTAINER} -- dhclient