diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
index 829c19c6440..cab468fb1e9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
@@ -3708,6 +3708,9 @@ public void getDownloadSize() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         uploadTabularFileResponse = UtilIT.uploadFileViaNative(Integer.toString(datasetId), pathToTabularTestFile, Json.createObjectBuilder().build(), apiToken);
         uploadTabularFileResponse.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
 
+        // Ensure tabular file is ingested
+        Thread.sleep(2000);
+
         // Get the total size including only original sizes and ignoring archival sizes for tabular files
         expectedSizeIncludingOnlyOriginalForTabular = tabularOriginalSize + expectedSizeIncludingOnlyOriginalForTabular;