diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7421a7fef..bf7690ed7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 target/
 .classpath
+.factorypath
 .project
 .settings/
 *.iml
diff --git a/jaxrs-tck/src/main/java/ee/jakarta/tck/ws/rs/jaxrs21/ee/sse/sseeventsource/RepeatedCasterResource.java b/jaxrs-tck/src/main/java/ee/jakarta/tck/ws/rs/jaxrs21/ee/sse/sseeventsource/RepeatedCasterResource.java
index 886a0002a..85239ce13 100644
--- a/jaxrs-tck/src/main/java/ee/jakarta/tck/ws/rs/jaxrs21/ee/sse/sseeventsource/RepeatedCasterResource.java
+++ b/jaxrs-tck/src/main/java/ee/jakarta/tck/ws/rs/jaxrs21/ee/sse/sseeventsource/RepeatedCasterResource.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ public void run() {
           isOpen = !sink.isClosed();
         }
         while (!sink.isClosed() && cast) {
-          sink.send(sse.newEvent(String.valueOf(cnt++)));
           try {
-            Thread.sleep(500L);
-          } catch (InterruptedException e1) {
+            sink.send(sse.newEvent(String.valueOf(cnt++)));
+            Thread.sleep(1L);
+          } catch (Exception e1) {
             cast = false;
           }
           synchronized (isOpen) {