diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/model/IndexKey.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/model/IndexKey.java
index 4ab6dee44..dd1f50899 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/model/IndexKey.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/model/IndexKey.java
@@ -67,4 +67,14 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
 	public int hashCode() {
 		return Objects.hash(namespace, set, field, type);
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "IndexKey{" +
+				"namespace='" + namespace + '\'' +
+				", set='" + set + '\'' +
+				", field='" + field + '\'' +
+				", type=" + type +
+				'}';
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/BaseQueryEngineTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/BaseQueryEngineTests.java
index 259400011..29b3e8b0e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/BaseQueryEngineTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/BaseQueryEngineTests.java
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@
 import com.aerospike.client.query.IndexType;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.data.aerospike.AwaitilityUtils;
 import org.springframework.data.aerospike.BaseBlockingIntegrationTests;
 import org.springframework.data.aerospike.IndexUtils;
+import org.springframework.data.aerospike.query.model.Index;
+import org.springframework.data.aerospike.query.model.IndexKey;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 public abstract class BaseQueryEngineTests extends BaseBlockingIntegrationTests {
 
@@ -32,8 +39,13 @@ protected void tryDropIndex(String namespace, String setName, String indexName)
 	}
 
 	protected void tryCreateIndex(String namespace, String setName, String indexName, String binName, IndexType indexType) {
-		IndexUtils.createIndex(client, namespace, setName, indexName, binName, indexType);
-		indexRefresher.refreshIndexes();
+		AwaitilityUtils.awaitTenSecondsUntil(() -> {
+			IndexUtils.createIndex(client, namespace, setName, indexName, binName, indexType);
+			indexRefresher.refreshIndexes();
+			IndexKey indexKey = new IndexKey(namespace, setName, binName, indexType);
+			Optional<Index> index = indexesCache.getIndex(indexKey);
+			assertThat(index).as("Index for: " + indexKey + " not created").isPresent();
+		});
 	}
 
 	protected void tryCreateIndex(String namespace, String setName, String indexName, String binName, IndexType indexType,