diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/net/ConnectionUtilsTest.java b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/net/ConnectionUtilsTest.java
index 22655ec274ac1..401b3ef06dbca 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/net/ConnectionUtilsTest.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/net/ConnectionUtilsTest.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public void testFindConnectingAddressWhenGetLocalHostThrows() throws Exception {
         Thread socketServerThread;
         try (ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket(0, 1, loopbackAddress)) {
             // Make sure that the thread will eventually die even if something else goes wrong
-            socket.setSoTimeout(10_000);
+            socket.setSoTimeout(0);
             socketServerThread =
                     new Thread(
                             new Runnable() {