diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 12a1c3ef0..e503c710c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>chronicle-map</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.9b-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.11b-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>OpenHFT/Chronicle-Map</name>
     <description>Chronicle-Map</description>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessChronicleMap.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessChronicleMap.java
index 0004e2081..108ed1dc5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessChronicleMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessChronicleMap.java
@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@ class StatelessChronicleMap<K, V> implements ChronicleMap<K, V>, Closeable {
         if (closeables != null)
             closeables.closeQuietly();
         closeables = null;
+        try {
+            // give time to close
+            Thread.sleep(100);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            //
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/jrs166/map/StatelessChronicleMapTest.java b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/jrs166/map/StatelessChronicleMapTest.java
index bbde965bb..c7f608e68 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/jrs166/map/StatelessChronicleMapTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/jrs166/map/StatelessChronicleMapTest.java
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ public class StatelessChronicleMapTest extends JSR166TestCase {
     /**
      * size returns the correct values
      */
-    @Test(timeout = 5000)
+    @Test(timeout = 10000)
     public void testSize2() throws IOException {
         try (ChronicleMap map = map5(8076)) {
 
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ public class StatelessChronicleMapTest extends JSR166TestCase {
      */
     @Test(timeout = 5000)
     public void testContainsKey_NullPointerException() throws IOException {
-        try (ChronicleMap c = newShmIntString(8079)) {
+        try (ChronicleMap c = newShmIntString(8076)) {
             c.containsKey(null);
             shouldThrow();
         } catch (NullPointerException success) {