diff --git a/tests/integration/dual-channel-replication.tcl b/tests/integration/dual-channel-replication.tcl
index a4ca7d7c3b..88631c7601 100644
--- a/tests/integration/dual-channel-replication.tcl
+++ b/tests/integration/dual-channel-replication.tcl
@@ -537,10 +537,12 @@ start_server {tags {"dual-channel-replication external:skip"}} {
             $primary config set repl-timeout 100
             $replica config set repl-timeout 100
         } else {
-            $primary config set repl-timeout 10            
-            $replica config set repl-timeout 10
+            $primary config set repl-timeout 30
+            $replica config set repl-timeout 30
         }
-        $primary config set rdb-key-save-delay 200
+
+        # Avoids timeout by keeping the RDB child alive longer while the replica is inactive
+        $primary config set rdb-key-save-delay 1000
         populate 10000 primary 10000
         
         set load_handle1 [start_one_key_write_load $primary_host $primary_port 100 "mykey1"]
@@ -556,10 +558,11 @@ start_server {tags {"dual-channel-replication external:skip"}} {
         test "dual-channel-replication: Primary COB growth with inactive replica" {
             $replica replicaof $primary_host $primary_port
             # Verify repl backlog can grow
-            wait_for_condition 1000 10 {
+            wait_for_condition 2000 10 {
                 [s 0 mem_total_replication_buffers] > [expr {2 * $backlog_size}]
             } else {
-                fail "Primary should allow backlog to grow beyond its limits during dual-channel-replication sync handshake"
+                set cur [s 0 mem_total_replication_buffers]
+                fail "Primary should allow backlog (have=$cur, need>[expr {2 * $backlog_size}]) to grow beyond its limits during dual-channel-replication sync handshake"
             }
             wait_and_resume_process -1