diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage_runner.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage_runner.yml
index ea320d0428..4ee215502d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage_runner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage_runner.yml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x rcd-ubuntu-latest 
           ./rcd-ubuntu-latest -version $HZ_VERSION &
           # wait for a bit for RCD to download artifacts
-          sleep 10
+          python3 ./tests/hzrc/waitport.py
           pytest --verbose --cov=hazelcast --cov-report=xml
 
       - name: Run tests (Windows)
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           Start-Process -FilePath .\rcd-windows-latest -ArgumentList '-version', $Env:HZ_VERSION  -RedirectStandardOutput rcd-stdout.log  -RedirectStandardError rcd-stderr.log
           # wait for a bit for RCD to download artifacts
-          sleep 10
+          python3 ./tests/hzrc/waitport.py
           echo "RCD Log:"
           cat rcd-stdout.log
           cat rcd-stderr.log
diff --git a/tests/hzrc/waitport.py b/tests/hzrc/waitport.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b3022f9db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hzrc/waitport.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import asyncio
+import socket
+import sys
+
+
+class Protocol(asyncio.BaseProtocol):
+    pass
+
+
+async def connect(host: str, port: int):
+    loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+    while True:
+        try:
+            return await loop.create_connection(
+                lambda: Protocol(),
+                host,
+                port,
+                family=socket.AF_INET,
+            )
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+
+
+async def print_waiting_msg(host, port):
+    await asyncio.sleep(1)
+    print(f"Waiting for {host}:{port} to become available...")
+
+
+async def amain():
+    host = "127.0.0.1"
+    port = 9701
+    timeout = 120  # seconds
+    msg_task = asyncio.create_task(print_waiting_msg(host, port))
+
+    try:
+        await asyncio.wait_for(connect(host, port), timeout)
+    except TimeoutError:
+        print(f"FAILED to connect in {timeout} seconds.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    msg_task.cancel()
+    print(f"OK, {host}:{port} is up.")
+    await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(amain())