diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApiTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApiTest.java
index b145e4d19a39e..07a973033ea3d 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApiTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApiTest.java
@@ -1219,7 +1219,9 @@ public void testDeleteTenantForcefully() throws Exception {
 
         // delete tenant forcefully
         admin.tenants().deleteTenant(tenant, true);
-        assertFalse(admin.tenants().getTenants().contains(tenant));
+        Awaitility.await().untilAsserted(() -> {
+                    assertFalse(admin.tenants().getTenants().contains(tenant));
+                });
 
         admin.tenants().createTenant(tenant,
                 new TenantInfoImpl(Sets.newHashSet("role1", "role2"), Sets.newHashSet("test")));