diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerAccessor.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerAccessor.java
index a3777099bfcb..eb1860902c6f 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerAccessor.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerAccessor.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.DatabaseAdminClient;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.DatabaseClient;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.DatabaseId;
+import com.google.cloud.spanner.SessionPoolOptions;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.Spanner;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.SpannerOptions;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.v1.stub.SpannerStubSettings;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 import com.google.spanner.v1.ExecuteSqlRequest;
 import com.google.spanner.v1.PartialResultSet;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.ValueProvider;
@@ -61,6 +63,9 @@ public class SpannerAccessor implements AutoCloseable {
    */
   private static final String USER_AGENT_PREFIX = "Apache_Beam_Java";
 
+  // Default wait time for session creation
+  static final java.time.Duration DEFAULT_SESSION_WAIT_DURATION = java.time.Duration.ofMinutes(5);
+
   /** Instance ID to use when connecting to an experimental host. */
   public static final String EXPERIMENTAL_HOST_INSTANCE_ID = "default";
 
@@ -270,6 +275,15 @@ static SpannerOptions buildSpannerOptions(SpannerConfig spannerConfig) {
       builder.setCredentials(credentials.get());
     }
 
+    ValueProvider<java.time.Duration> waitForSessionCreationDuration =
+        spannerConfig.getWaitForSessionCreationDuration();
+    java.time.Duration waitDuration =
+        Optional.ofNullable(waitForSessionCreationDuration)
+            .map(ValueProvider::get)
+            .orElse(DEFAULT_SESSION_WAIT_DURATION);
+    builder.setSessionPoolOption(
+        SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder().setWaitForMinSessionsDuration(waitDuration).build());
+
     return builder.build();
   }
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerConfig.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerConfig.java
index f52b8378cb6a..a17c851f38a0 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerConfig.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerConfig.java
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ public String getHostValue() {
 
   public abstract @Nullable ValueProvider<Credentials> getCredentials();
 
+  public abstract @Nullable ValueProvider<java.time.Duration> getWaitForSessionCreationDuration();
+
   abstract Builder toBuilder();
 
   public static SpannerConfig create() {
@@ -189,6 +191,9 @@ abstract Builder setExecuteStreamingSqlRetrySettings(
 
     abstract Builder setPlainText(ValueProvider<Boolean> plainText);
 
+    abstract Builder setWaitForSessionCreationDuration(
+        ValueProvider<java.time.Duration> waitForSessionCreationDuration);
+
     public abstract SpannerConfig build();
   }
 
@@ -389,4 +394,24 @@ public SpannerConfig withUsingPlainTextChannel(ValueProvider<Boolean> plainText)
   public SpannerConfig withUsingPlainTextChannel(boolean plainText) {
     return withUsingPlainTextChannel(ValueProvider.StaticValueProvider.of(plainText));
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the wait time for a multiplexed session to be available when creating a database client.
+   *
+   * <p>Setting this will block the {@link com.google.cloud.spanner.DatabaseClient} creation.
+   *
+   * @param waitForSessionCreationDuration The duration to wait. Defaults to {@link
+   *     SpannerAccessor#DEFAULT_SESSION_WAIT_DURATION}.
+   * @return {@link SpannerConfig}
+   */
+  public SpannerConfig withWaitForSessionCreationDuration(
+      ValueProvider<java.time.Duration> waitForSessionCreationDuration) {
+    return toBuilder().setWaitForSessionCreationDuration(waitForSessionCreationDuration).build();
+  }
+
+  public SpannerConfig withWaitForSessionCreationDuration(
+      java.time.Duration waitForSessionCreationDuration) {
+    return withWaitForSessionCreationDuration(
+        ValueProvider.StaticValueProvider.of(waitForSessionCreationDuration));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerReadIT.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerReadIT.java
index 512fd5998ddb..34c839d3e1e6 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerReadIT.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerReadIT.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.DatabaseId;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.Dialect;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.Mutation;
+import com.google.cloud.spanner.SessionPoolOptions;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.Spanner;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.SpannerOptions;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.Struct;
@@ -118,6 +119,10 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
         SpannerOptions.newBuilder()
             .setProjectId(project)
             .disableGrpcGcpExtension()
+            .setSessionPoolOption(
+                SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder()
+                    .setWaitForMinSessionsDuration(java.time.Duration.ofMinutes(5))
+                    .build())
             .build()
             .getService();
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerWriteIT.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerWriteIT.java
index 91fe3473be03..df23435d82ab 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerWriteIT.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerWriteIT.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.Dialect;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.Mutation;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.ResultSet;
+import com.google.cloud.spanner.SessionPoolOptions;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.Spanner;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.SpannerOptions;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.Statement;
@@ -125,6 +126,10 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
         SpannerOptions.newBuilder()
             .setProjectId(project)
             .disableGrpcGcpExtension()
+            .setSessionPoolOption(
+                SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder()
+                    .setWaitForMinSessionsDuration(java.time.Duration.ofMinutes(5))
+                    .build())
             .build()
             .getService();
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/it/IntegrationTestEnv.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/it/IntegrationTestEnv.java
index 581b7f3cc2f5..b0ce19b9f003 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/it/IntegrationTestEnv.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/it/IntegrationTestEnv.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.DatabaseClient;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.DatabaseId;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.Dialect;
+import com.google.cloud.spanner.SessionPoolOptions;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.Spanner;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.SpannerOptions;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -81,6 +82,10 @@ protected void before() throws Throwable {
             .setProjectId(projectId)
             .setHost(host)
             .disableGrpcGcpExtension()
+            .setSessionPoolOption(
+                SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder()
+                    .setWaitForMinSessionsDuration(java.time.Duration.ofMinutes(5))
+                    .build())
             .build()
             .getService();
     databaseAdminClient = spanner.getDatabaseAdminClient();
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/it/SpannerChangeStreamOrderedByTimestampAndTransactionIdIT.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/it/SpannerChangeStreamOrderedByTimestampAndTransactionIdIT.java
index 21f6eef79362..5a05c9a5452f 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/it/SpannerChangeStreamOrderedByTimestampAndTransactionIdIT.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/it/SpannerChangeStreamOrderedByTimestampAndTransactionIdIT.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public void testTransactionBoundaries() {
     // Commit a initial transaction to get the timestamp to start reading from.
     List<Mutation> mutations = new ArrayList<>();
     mutations.add(insertRecordMutation(0, "FirstName0", "LastName0"));
-    final long timeIncrementInSeconds = 2;
+    final long timeIncrementInSeconds = 10;
     final Timestamp startTimestamp = databaseClient.write(mutations);
     writeTransactionsToDatabase();
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/it/SpannerChangeStreamOrderedWithinKeyGloballyIT.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/it/SpannerChangeStreamOrderedWithinKeyGloballyIT.java
index 2b2c134032b3..c5fdbe80c7a2 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/it/SpannerChangeStreamOrderedWithinKeyGloballyIT.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/it/SpannerChangeStreamOrderedWithinKeyGloballyIT.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public void testOrderedWithinKey() {
             .withDatabaseId(databaseId);
 
     // Get the time increment interval at which to flush data changes ordered by key.
-    final long timeIncrementInSeconds = 2;
+    final long timeIncrementInSeconds = 10;
 
     // Commit a initial transaction to get the timestamp to start reading from.
     List<Mutation> mutations = new ArrayList<>();