diff --git a/src/lib_requester/requester.ml b/src/lib_requester/requester.ml
index f8336d89eb748e9690cf910f9a38225e99f822df..1a7f14c51e5de547094bee7b77dd08c498fe4525 100644
--- a/src/lib_requester/requester.ml
+++ b/src/lib_requester/requester.ml
@@ -323,11 +323,12 @@ end = struct
          simultaneously.
 
          Note: using `Lwt.pause` or `Lwt.yield` might not be
-         sufficient, e.g., when the scheduler does not  timeout cancelers are not given a
-         chance to be executed.
+         sufficient, e.g., when the scheduler does not timeout
+         cancelers are not given a chance to be executed.
 
          Note: This constant was selected using the sophisticated
          "damp digit" method. *)
+      let* () = Lwt_unix.sleep 0.001 in
       let timeout = compute_timeout state in
       let* () =
         Lwt.choose