Harden Tech Profile test

Change-Id: I074249be1fbc433fad3aa61e405b91e32d0f95d0
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 197c4d5..69fa968 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.4.0
+2.5.0-dev
diff --git a/libraries/utils.robot b/libraries/utils.robot
index 4f8b7ac..43872e8 100644
--- a/libraries/utils.robot
+++ b/libraries/utils.robot
@@ -602,6 +602,8 @@
     ...        SSHLibrary.Start Command    kubectl -n ${namespace} exec ${container_name} -- ${cmd}
     ...    ELSE
     ...        SSHLibrary.Start Command    ${cmd}
+    # It seems that closing the connection immediately will sometimes kill the command
+    Sleep    1s
     SSHLibrary.Close Connection
 
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