diff --git a/tests/async_sleep.py b/tests/async_sleep.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce700003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/async_sleep.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#  Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+#  license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#  this work for additional information regarding copyright
+#  ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+#  the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# 	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+#  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+#  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+#  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+#  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#  under the License.
+
+import asyncio
+
+
+async def sleep(secs):
+    """Tests can use this function to sleep."""
+    await asyncio.sleep(secs)
diff --git a/tests/sleep.py b/tests/sleep.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b45d71b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sleep.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#  Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+#  license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#  this work for additional information regarding copyright
+#  ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+#  the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# 	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+#  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+#  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+#  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+#  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#  under the License.
+
+import time
+
+
+def sleep(secs):
+    """Tests can use this function to sleep."""
+    time.sleep(secs)
diff --git a/tests/test_integration/test_examples/_async/test_vectors.py b/tests/test_integration/test_examples/_async/test_vectors.py
index 0d634ddf..effb48cf 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration/test_examples/_async/test_vectors.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration/test_examples/_async/test_vectors.py
@@ -15,20 +15,38 @@
 #  specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #  under the License.
 
+from hashlib import md5
 from unittest import SkipTest
 
 import pytest
 
-from ..async_examples.vectors import create, search
+from tests.async_sleep import sleep
+
+from ..async_examples import vectors
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_vector_search(async_write_client, es_version):
+async def test_vector_search(async_write_client, es_version, mocker):
     # this test only runs on Elasticsearch >= 8.11 because the example uses
-    # a dense vector without giving them an explicit size
+    # a dense vector without specifying an explicit size
     if es_version < (8, 11):
         raise SkipTest("This test requires Elasticsearch 8.11 or newer")
 
-    await create()
-    results = await (await search("work from home")).execute()
-    assert results[0].name == "Work From Home Policy"
+    class MockModel:
+        def __init__(self, model):
+            pass
+
+        def encode(self, text):
+            vector = [int(ch) for ch in md5(text.encode()).digest()]
+            total = sum(vector)
+            return [float(v) / total for v in vector]
+
+    mocker.patch.object(vectors, "SentenceTransformer", new=MockModel)
+
+    await vectors.create()
+    for i in range(10):
+        results = await (await vectors.search("Welcome to our team!")).execute()
+        if len(results.hits) > 0:
+            break
+        await sleep(0.1)
+    assert results[0].name == "New Employee Onboarding Guide"
diff --git a/tests/test_integration/test_examples/_sync/test_vectors.py b/tests/test_integration/test_examples/_sync/test_vectors.py
index 37aef147..395aa408 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration/test_examples/_sync/test_vectors.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration/test_examples/_sync/test_vectors.py
@@ -15,20 +15,38 @@
 #  specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #  under the License.
 
+from hashlib import md5
 from unittest import SkipTest
 
 import pytest
 
-from ..examples.vectors import create, search
+from tests.sleep import sleep
+
+from ..examples import vectors
 
 
 @pytest.mark.sync
-def test_vector_search(write_client, es_version):
+def test_vector_search(write_client, es_version, mocker):
     # this test only runs on Elasticsearch >= 8.11 because the example uses
-    # a dense vector without giving them an explicit size
+    # a dense vector without specifying an explicit size
     if es_version < (8, 11):
         raise SkipTest("This test requires Elasticsearch 8.11 or newer")
 
-    create()
-    results = (search("work from home")).execute()
-    assert results[0].name == "Work From Home Policy"
+    class MockModel:
+        def __init__(self, model):
+            pass
+
+        def encode(self, text):
+            vector = [int(ch) for ch in md5(text.encode()).digest()]
+            total = sum(vector)
+            return [float(v) / total for v in vector]
+
+    mocker.patch.object(vectors, "SentenceTransformer", new=MockModel)
+
+    vectors.create()
+    for i in range(10):
+        results = (vectors.search("Welcome to our team!")).execute()
+        if len(results.hits) > 0:
+            break
+        sleep(0.1)
+    assert results[0].name == "New Employee Onboarding Guide"
diff --git a/utils/run-unasync.py b/utils/run-unasync.py
index db27edcf..aaaba069 100644
--- a/utils/run-unasync.py
+++ b/utils/run-unasync.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ def main(check=False):
         "async_write_client": "write_client",
         "async_pull_request": "pull_request",
         "async_examples": "examples",
+        "async_sleep": "sleep",
         "assert_awaited_once_with": "assert_called_once_with",
         "pytest_asyncio": "pytest",
     }