diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/history/TestHistoryInsert.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/history/TestHistoryInsert.java
index 3ffa0b8b7..c3203fc5d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/history/TestHistoryInsert.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/history/TestHistoryInsert.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public class TestHistoryInsert extends BaseTestCase {
 
     user.setName("Jim v3");
     user.setEmail("three@email.com");
+    Thread.sleep(10); // otherwise the timestamp of "whenModified" may not change
     Ebean.save(user);
 
     history = fetchHistory(user);