diff --git a/examples/quarkus-cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/QuarkusCliClientIT.java b/examples/quarkus-cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/QuarkusCliClientIT.java
index 3afabd088..71404eb7b 100644
--- a/examples/quarkus-cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/QuarkusCliClientIT.java
+++ b/examples/quarkus-cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/QuarkusCliClientIT.java
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 import static io.quarkus.test.utils.AwaitilityUtils.untilAsserted;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ public class QuarkusCliClientIT {
 
     static final String RESTEASY_EXTENSION = "quarkus-resteasy";
     static final String SMALLRYE_HEALTH_EXTENSION = "quarkus-smallrye-health";
+    static final int CMD_DELAY_SEC = 3;
 
     @Inject
     static QuarkusCliClient cliClient;
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ public void shouldCreateApplicationOnJvm() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void shouldAddAndRemoveExtensions() {
+    public void shouldAddAndRemoveExtensions() throws InterruptedException {
         // Create application
         QuarkusCliRestService app = cliClient.createApplication("app");
 
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ public void shouldAddAndRemoveExtensions() {
         assertTrue(result.isSuccessful(), SMALLRYE_HEALTH_EXTENSION + " was not uninstalled. Output: " + result.getOutput());
 
         // The health endpoint should be now gone
-        app.start();
+        startAfter(app, Duration.ofSeconds(CMD_DELAY_SEC));
         untilAsserted(() -> app.given().get("/q/health").then().statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_NOT_FOUND));
     }
 
@@ -76,4 +79,9 @@ private void assertInstalledExtensions(QuarkusCliRestService app, String... expe
         Stream.of(expectedExtensions).forEach(expectedExtension -> assertTrue(extensions.contains(expectedExtension),
                 expectedExtension + " not found in " + extensions));
     }
+
+    private void startAfter(QuarkusCliRestService app, Duration duration) throws InterruptedException {
+        TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(duration.getSeconds());
+        app.start();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/quarkus-test-cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/test/QuarkusCliClientIT.java b/quarkus-test-cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/test/QuarkusCliClientIT.java
index 918d6e48e..dba8891b4 100644
--- a/quarkus-test-cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/test/QuarkusCliClientIT.java
+++ b/quarkus-test-cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/test/QuarkusCliClientIT.java
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ public class QuarkusCliClientIT {
     static final String RESTEASY_SPRING_WEB_EXTENSION = "quarkus-spring-web";
     static final String RESTEASY_EXTENSION = "quarkus-resteasy";
     static final String SMALLRYE_HEALTH_EXTENSION = "quarkus-smallrye-health";
+    static final int CMD_DELAY_SEC = 3;
 
     @Inject
     static QuarkusCliClient cliClient;
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ public void shouldCreateApplicationWithCodeStarter() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void shouldAddAndRemoveExtensions() {
+    public void shouldAddAndRemoveExtensions() throws InterruptedException {
         // Create application
         QuarkusCliRestService app = cliClient.createApplication("app");
 
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ public void shouldAddAndRemoveExtensions() {
         assertTrue(result.isSuccessful(), SMALLRYE_HEALTH_EXTENSION + " was not uninstalled. Output: " + result.getOutput());
 
         // The health endpoint should be now gone
-        app.start();
+        startAfter(app, Duration.ofSeconds(CMD_DELAY_SEC));
         untilAsserted(() -> app.given().get("/q/health").then().statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_NOT_FOUND));
     }
 
@@ -118,4 +121,9 @@ private void assertInstalledExtensions(QuarkusCliRestService app, String... expe
         Stream.of(expectedExtensions).forEach(expectedExtension -> assertTrue(extensions.contains(expectedExtension),
                 expectedExtension + " not found in " + extensions));
     }
+
+    private void startAfter(QuarkusCliRestService app, Duration duration) throws InterruptedException {
+        TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(duration.getSeconds());
+        app.start();
+    }
 }