diff --git a/test/check-application b/test/check-application
index 7e0ca0eee..06ac15c67 100755
--- a/test/check-application
+++ b/test/check-application
@@ -2282,6 +2282,9 @@ class TestApplication(testlib.MachineCase):
     def testCreatePodSystem(self):
         self._createPod(True)
 
+    # HACK: give podman time to kill the pod containers, can be removed if we
+    # have podman 4.0 everywhere and can use podman pod rm -t0
+    @testlib.timeout(200)
     def testCreatePodUser(self):
         self._createPod(False)