diff --git a/internal/vfs/zip/vfs_test.go b/internal/vfs/zip/vfs_test.go
index a795b214eff9eca083ebc598586f04427833aee3..c12e49cd1490f6fbc4597d62c22a50efd3211216 100644
--- a/internal/vfs/zip/vfs_test.go
+++ b/internal/vfs/zip/vfs_test.go
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ func TestVFSFindOrCreateArchiveCacheEvict(t *testing.T) {
 	// inject into cache to be "expired"
 	// (we could as well wait `defaultCacheExpirationInterval`)
 	vfs.cache.Set(path, archive, time.Nanosecond)
+	time.Sleep(time.Nanosecond)
 
 	// a new object is created
 	archive2, err := vfs.findOrOpenArchive(context.Background(), path)