diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/dependset.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/dependset.xml
index a5bdc2d29..021a93227 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/dependset.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/dependset.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="test5">
-    <touch millis="0" file="older.tmp"/>
+    <touch file="older.tmp"/>
+    <sleep seconds="3" />
     <touch file="newer.tmp"/>
     <dependset>
       <srcfilelist dir="." files="newer.tmp"/>