diff --git a/.github/workflows/replication.yaml b/.github/workflows/replication.yaml
index 3f20a58b9..32d80957a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/replication.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/replication.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ jobs:
           sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=0
           make test-decom
 
+      - name: Test ILM
+        run: |
+          sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0
+          sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=0
+          make test-ilm
+
       - name: Test Config File
         run: |
           sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eac387c50..1109e73f4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ test-root-disable: install-race
 	@echo "Running minio root lockdown tests"
 	@env bash $(PWD)/buildscripts/disable-root.sh
 
+test-ilm: install-race
+	@echo "Running ILM tests"
+	@env bash $(PWD)/docs/bucket/replication/setup_ilm_expiry_replication.sh
+
 test-decom: install-race
 	@echo "Running minio decom tests"
 	@env bash $(PWD)/docs/distributed/decom.sh
diff --git a/docs/bucket/replication/setup_ilm_expiry_replication.sh b/docs/bucket/replication/setup_ilm_expiry_replication.sh
index 015718bfd..953655126 100755
--- a/docs/bucket/replication/setup_ilm_expiry_replication.sh
+++ b/docs/bucket/replication/setup_ilm_expiry_replication.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ minio server --address 127.0.0.1:9008 "http://127.0.0.1:9007/tmp/multisited/data
 	"http://127.0.0.1:9008/tmp/multisited/data/disterasure/xl{5...8}" >/tmp/sited_2.log 2>&1 &
 
 # Wait to make sure all MinIO instances are up
-sleep 20s
+sleep 30s
 
 export MC_HOST_sitea=http://minio:minio123@127.0.0.1:9001
 export MC_HOST_siteb=http://minio:minio123@127.0.0.1:9004
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ if [ "$flag2" != "true" ]; then
 fi
 
 ## Check if ILM expiry rules replicated
-sleep 20
+sleep 30s
+
 ./mc ilm rule list siteb/bucket
 count=$(./mc ilm rule list siteb/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules | length')
 if [ $count -ne 1 ]; then
@@ -146,7 +147,8 @@ fi
 ## Check edit of ILM expiry rule and its replication
 id=$(./mc ilm rule list sitea/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[] | select(.Expiration.Days==3) | .ID' | sed 's/"//g')
 ./mc ilm edit --id "${id}" --expire-days "100" sitea/bucket
-sleep 30
+sleep 30s
+
 count1=$(./mc ilm rule list sitea/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].Expiration.Days')
 count2=$(./mc ilm rule list siteb/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].Expiration.Days')
 if [ $count1 -ne 100 ]; then
@@ -173,7 +175,8 @@ fi
 
 ## Perform individual updates of rules to sites
 ./mc ilm edit --id "${id}" --expire-days "999" sitea/bucket
-sleep 1
+sleep 5s
+
 ./mc ilm edit --id "${id}" --expire-days "888" siteb/bucket # when ilm expiry re-enabled, this should win
 
 ## Check re-enabling of ILM expiry rules replication
@@ -190,7 +193,7 @@ if [ "$flag" != "true" ]; then
 fi
 
 ## Check if latest updated rules get replicated to all sites post re-enable of ILM expiry rules replication
-sleep 30
+sleep 30s
 count1=$(./mc ilm rule list sitea/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].Expiration.Days')
 count2=$(./mc ilm rule list siteb/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].Expiration.Days')
 if [ $count1 -ne 888 ]; then
@@ -211,7 +214,8 @@ fi
 
 ## Check replication of edit of prefix, tags and status of ILM Expiry Rules
 ./mc ilm rule edit --id "${id}" --prefix "newprefix" --tags "ntag1=nval1&ntag2=nval2" --disable sitea/bucket
-sleep 30
+sleep 30s
+
 nprefix=$(./mc ilm rule list siteb/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].Filter.And.Prefix' | sed 's/"//g')
 ntagName1=$(./mc ilm rule list siteb/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].Filter.And.Tags[0].Key' | sed 's/"//g')
 ntagVal1=$(./mc ilm rule list siteb/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].Filter.And.Tags[0].Value' | sed 's/"//g')
@@ -233,7 +237,8 @@ fi
 
 ## Check replication of deleted ILM expiry rules
 ./mc ilm rule remove --id "${id}" sitea/bucket
-sleep 30
+sleep 30s
+
 # should error as rule doesn't exist
 error=$(./mc ilm rule list siteb/bucket --json | jq '.error.cause.message' | sed 's/"//g')
 if [ "$error" != "The lifecycle configuration does not exist" ]; then
@@ -245,7 +250,8 @@ fi
 # Add rules again as previous tests removed all
 ./mc ilm add sitea/bucket --transition-days 0 --transition-tier WARM-TIER --transition-days 0 --noncurrent-expire-days 2 --expire-days 3 --prefix "myprefix" --tags "tag1=val1&tag2=val2"
 ./mc admin replicate add sitea siteb sited
-sleep 30
+sleep 30s
+
 # Check site replication info and status for new site
 sitesCount=$(mc admin replicate info sited --json | jq '.sites | length')
 if [ ${sitesCount} -ne 3 ]; then
@@ -282,7 +288,8 @@ fi
 id=$(./mc ilm rule list siteb/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[] | select(.Expiration.Days==3) | .ID' | sed 's/"//g')
 # Remove rule from siteb
 ./mc ilm rule remove --id "${id}" siteb/bucket
-sleep 30 # allow to replicate
+sleep 30s # allow to replicate
+
 # sitea should still contain the transition portion of rule
 transitionRuleDays=$(./mc ilm rule list sitea/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].Transition.Days')
 expirationRuleDet=$(./mc ilm rule list sitea/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].Expiration')