diff --git a/src/telegram/bridge.test.ts b/src/telegram/bridge.test.ts
index 902dc13..de497be 100644
--- a/src/telegram/bridge.test.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/bridge.test.ts
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ describe("registerBridge", () => {
     const h = harness();
     await h.bot.handleUpdate(textUpdate("/usr/local/bin is on my path", OWNER, "private", false));
     expect(h.texts()).toEqual([]);
-    expect(h.host.sent).toEqual([{ text: "/usr/local/bin is on my path", images: undefined }]);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(h.host.sent).toEqual([{ text: "/usr/local/bin is on my path", images: undefined }]));
   });
 
   it("tells the owner it cannot handle unsupported media", async () => {