diff --git a/tests-functional/tests/reliability/test_light_client_rate_limiting.py b/tests-functional/tests/reliability/test_light_client_rate_limiting.py
index a5ab36275b..510ab3988b 100644
--- a/tests-functional/tests/reliability/test_light_client_rate_limiting.py
+++ b/tests-functional/tests/reliability/test_light_client_rate_limiting.py
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ def test_light_client_rate_limiting(self):
             )
         elapsed_time = time() - start_time
 
-        assert elapsed_time <= 45, f"Message sending took too long: {elapsed_time:.2f} seconds"
+        assert elapsed_time >= 30, f"Message sending was too fast: {elapsed_time:.2f} seconds. Rate limiting is not applied"
+        assert elapsed_time <= 60, f"Message sending took too long: {elapsed_time:.2f} seconds. Rate limiting is too high"