diff --git a/testsuite/tests-to-run/sem01.sh b/testsuite/tests-to-run/sem01.sh
index e79418fc..79d1d177 100755
--- a/testsuite/tests-to-run/sem01.sh
+++ b/testsuite/tests-to-run/sem01.sh
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ parallel --semaphorename `tty` --semaphore --wait
 echo done
 
 echo '### Test semaphore 2 jobs running simultaneously'
-parallel -u -j2 --semaphore 'echo job1a; sleep 1; echo job1b'
-sleep 0.1
-parallel -u -j2 --semaphore 'echo job2a; sleep 1; echo job2b'
-sleep 0.1
-parallel -u -j2 --semaphore 'echo job3a; sleep 1; echo job3b'
+parallel -u -j2 --semaphore 'echo job1a 1; sleep 1; echo job1b 3'
+sleep 0.2
+parallel -u -j2 --semaphore 'echo job2a 2; sleep 1; echo job2b 5'
+sleep 0.2
+parallel -u -j2 --semaphore 'echo job3a 4; sleep 1; echo job3b 6'
 parallel --semaphore --wait
 echo done
 
 echo '### Test if parallel invoked as sem will run parallel --semaphore'
-sem -u -j2 'echo job1a; sleep 1; echo job1b'
-sleep 0.1
-sem -u -j2  'echo job2a; sleep 1; echo job2b'
-sleep 0.1
-sem -u -j2  'echo job3a; sleep 1; echo job3b'
+sem -u -j2 'echo job1a 1; sleep 1; echo job1b 3'
+sleep 0.2
+sem -u -j2 'echo job2a 2; sleep 1; echo job2b 5'
+sleep 0.2
+sem -u -j2 'echo job3a 4; sleep 1; echo job3b 6'
 sem --wait
 echo done
 
diff --git a/testsuite/wanted-results/sem01 b/testsuite/wanted-results/sem01
index 61b816e2..9d8562ea 100644
--- a/testsuite/wanted-results/sem01
+++ b/testsuite/wanted-results/sem01
@@ -43,20 +43,20 @@ done
 20
 done
 ### Test semaphore 2 jobs running simultaneously
-job1a
-job2a
-job1b
-job3a
-job2b
-job3b
+job1a 1
+job2a 2
+job1b 3
+job3a 4
+job2b 5
+job3b 6
 done
 ### Test if parallel invoked as sem will run parallel --semaphore
-job1a
-job2a
-job1b
-job2b
-job3a
-job3b
+job1a 1
+job2a 2
+job1b 3
+job3a 4
+job2b 5
+job3b 6
 done
 ### Test similar example as from man page - run 2 jobs simultaneously
 Expect done: 1 2 5 3 4