diff --git a/e2e/workload_id/input/nobody.nomad b/e2e/workload_id/input/nobody.nomad
index 06149a72c..3ff370975 100644
--- a/e2e/workload_id/input/nobody.nomad
+++ b/e2e/workload_id/input/nobody.nomad
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ job "nobodyid" {
 
       config {
         image = "bash:5"
-        args  = ["-c", "stat -c 'perms=%#a username=%U' secrets/nomad_token; echo done"]
+        args  = ["-c", "stat -c 'perms=%#a username=%U' secrets/nomad_token; echo done; sleep 2"]
       }
       resources {
         cpu    = 16