diff --git a/e2e/_suites/metricbeat/metricbeat_test.go b/e2e/_suites/metricbeat/metricbeat_test.go
index 8454831b51..172efbdff1 100644
--- a/e2e/_suites/metricbeat/metricbeat_test.go
+++ b/e2e/_suites/metricbeat/metricbeat_test.go
@@ -314,8 +314,14 @@ func (mts *MetricbeatTestSuite) installedUsingConfiguration(configuration string
 // runMetricbeatService runs a metricbeat service entity for a service to monitor it
 func (mts *MetricbeatTestSuite) runMetricbeatService() error {
 	// this is needed because, in general, the target service (apache, mysql, redis) does not have a healthcheck
-	waitForService := time.Duration(timeoutFactor) * 10
-	e2e.Sleep(fmt.Sprintf("%d", waitForService))
+	waitForService := time.Duration(timeoutFactor) * 10 * time.Second
+	if mts.ServiceName == "ceph" {
+		// see https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/ef6274d0d1e36308a333cbed69846a1bd63528ae/metricbeat/module/ceph/mgr_osd_tree/mgr_osd_tree_integration_test.go#L35
+		// Ceph service needs more time to start up
+		waitForService = waitForService * 4
+	}
+
+	e2e.Sleep(waitForService)
 
 	serviceManager := services.NewServiceManager()
 
diff --git a/e2e/elasticsearch.go b/e2e/elasticsearch.go
index d3791251db..4acd31dfa6 100644
--- a/e2e/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/e2e/elasticsearch.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func RetrySearch(indexName string, esQuery map[string]interface{}, maxAttempts i
 				"retryAttempts": maxAttempts,
 				"retryTimeout":  retryTimeout,
 			}).Tracef("Waiting %d seconds for the index to be ready", retryTimeout)
-			time.Sleep(time.Duration(retryTimeout) * time.Second)
+			Sleep(time.Duration(retryTimeout) * time.Second)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/e2e/utils.go b/e2e/utils.go
index 80bb2cb691..fcfacbc9ca 100644
--- a/e2e/utils.go
+++ b/e2e/utils.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -444,20 +443,14 @@ func RandomString(length int) string {
 	return randomStringWithCharset(length, charset)
 }
 
-// Sleep sleeps a number of seconds, including logs
-func Sleep(seconds string) error {
+// Sleep sleeps a duration, including logs
+func Sleep(duration time.Duration) error {
 	fields := log.Fields{
-		"seconds": seconds,
+		"duration": duration,
 	}
 
-	s, err := strconv.Atoi(seconds)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.WithFields(fields).Errorf("Cannot convert %s to seconds", seconds)
-		return err
-	}
-
-	log.WithFields(fields).Tracef("Waiting %s seconds", seconds)
-	time.Sleep(time.Duration(s) * time.Second)
+	log.WithFields(fields).Tracef("Waiting %v", duration)
+	time.Sleep(duration)
 
 	return nil
 }