diff --git a/e2e/test.config.js b/e2e/test.config.js
index bd1effdba9..7f03235e31 100644
--- a/e2e/test.config.js
+++ b/e2e/test.config.js
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ module.exports = {
     },
 
     timeouts: {
+        medium: 5000,
         visible_timeout: 10000,
         no_visible_timeout: 10000,
         index_search: 20000
diff --git a/lib/testing/src/lib/protractor/core/pages/viewer.page.ts b/lib/testing/src/lib/protractor/core/pages/viewer.page.ts
index d0ee2407aa..bafa0f92e1 100644
--- a/lib/testing/src/lib/protractor/core/pages/viewer.page.ts
+++ b/lib/testing/src/lib/protractor/core/pages/viewer.page.ts
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ export class ViewerPage {
 
     async clickCloseButton(): Promise<void> {
         await BrowserActions.click(this.closeButton);
+        await browser.sleep(browser.params.testConfig.timeouts.medium);
     }
 
     async clickPreviousPageButton(): Promise<void> {