diff --git a/core/src/test/java/apoc/util/s3/S3TestUtil.java b/core/src/test/java/apoc/util/s3/S3TestUtil.java
index 251a352bd3..6f057471fe 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/apoc/util/s3/S3TestUtil.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/apoc/util/s3/S3TestUtil.java
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 package apoc.util.s3;
 
+import com.amazonaws.AmazonClientException;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.S3Object;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.S3ObjectInputStream;
 import com.amazonaws.util.IOUtils;
+import org.neo4j.test.assertion.Assert;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ public class S3TestUtil {
      * @param s3Url String containing url to S3 bucket.
      * @return the s3 string object
      */
-    public static String readS3FileToString(String s3Url) {
+    public static String readS3FileToString(String s3Url) throws AmazonClientException {
         try {
             S3Object s3object = getS3Object(s3Url);
             S3ObjectInputStream inputStream = s3object.getObjectContent();
@@ -31,17 +34,27 @@ public static String readS3FileToString(String s3Url) {
         }
     }
 
-    public static S3Object getS3Object(String s3Url) throws MalformedURLException {
+    public static S3Object getS3Object(String s3Url) throws MalformedURLException, AmazonClientException {
         S3Params s3Params = S3ParamsExtractor.extract(new URL(s3Url));
         S3Aws s3Aws = new S3Aws(s3Params, s3Params.getRegion());
         AmazonS3 s3Client = s3Aws.getClient();
-
-        S3Object s3object = s3Client.getObject(s3Params.getBucket(), s3Params.getKey());
-        return s3object;
+        
+        return s3Client.getObject(s3Params.getBucket(), s3Params.getKey());
     }
 
     public static void assertStringFileEquals(String expected, String s3Url) {
-        final String actual = readS3FileToString(s3Url);
-        assertEquals(expected, actual);
+        Assert.assertEventually(() -> {
+            final String actual;
+            try {
+                actual = readS3FileToString(s3Url);
+            } catch (AmazonClientException e) {
+                if (e.getMessage().contains("The specified key does not exist")) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                throw e;
+            }
+            assertEquals(expected, actual);
+            return true;
+        }, v -> v, 30L, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
     }
 }