diff --git a/services/s3/src/it/java/software/amazon/awssdk/services/s3/S3IntegrationTestBase.java b/services/s3/src/it/java/software/amazon/awssdk/services/s3/S3IntegrationTestBase.java
index f38a93e59fdb..3550fbef6661 100644
--- a/services/s3/src/it/java/software/amazon/awssdk/services/s3/S3IntegrationTestBase.java
+++ b/services/s3/src/it/java/software/amazon/awssdk/services/s3/S3IntegrationTestBase.java
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ private static void createBucket(String bucketName, int retryCount) {
                 throw e;
             }
         }
+
+        s3.waiter().waitUntilBucketExists(r -> r.bucket(bucketName));
     }
 
     protected static void deleteBucketAndAllContents(String bucketName) {