diff --git a/tests/run_block_byte_tests_octave.m b/tests/run_block_byte_tests_octave.m
index 260941d85e0473563f7b05487bdc18283b378877..3af57728217224d4f53acc93d652e8de54e4be3f 100644
--- a/tests/run_block_byte_tests_octave.m
+++ b/tests/run_block_byte_tests_octave.m
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Copyright (C) 2009-2017 Dynare Team
+## Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Dynare Team
 ##
 ## This file is part of Dynare.
 ##
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ for blockFlag = 0:1
             stack_solve_algos = 0:5;
         endif
 
-        sleep(1) # Workaround for strange race condition related to the _static.m file
+        pause(1) # Workaround for strange race condition related to the _static.m file
 
         for i = 1:length(solve_algos)
             num_block_tests = num_block_tests + 1;