diff --git a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SharingNgContext.php b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SharingNgContext.php
index f1268ec76a..35ca8439df 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SharingNgContext.php
+++ b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SharingNgContext.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 use TestHelpers\GraphHelper;
 use TestHelpers\OcisHelper;
 use TestHelpers\WebDavHelper;
+use TestHelpers\HttpRequestHelper;
 use Behat\Gherkin\Node\TableNode;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Assert;
 
@@ -1240,6 +1241,78 @@ class SharingNgContext implements Context {
 		$this->featureContext->setResponse($response);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param string $user
+	 * @param string $resource
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws GuzzleException
+	 */
+	public function isShareSynced(string $user, string $resource): bool {
+		$resource = \trim($resource, '/');
+		$response = GraphHelper::getSharesSharedWithMe(
+			$this->featureContext->getBaseUrl(),
+			$this->featureContext->getStepLineRef(),
+			$user,
+			$this->featureContext->getPasswordForUser($user)
+		);
+
+		$shares = $this->featureContext->getJsonDecodedResponse($response)["value"];
+		$syncStatus = false;
+		foreach ($shares as $share) {
+			if ($share["name"] === $resource) {
+				$syncStatus = $share["@client.synchronize"];
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		Assert::assertIsBool($syncStatus, "'@client.synchronize' must be a boolean value");
+		return $syncStatus;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $user
+	 * @param string $resource
+	 * @param string $status
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws Exception|GuzzleException
+	 */
+	public function waitAndCheckShareSyncStatus(string $user, string $resource, string $status): void {
+		$expected = $status === "enabled";
+
+		// NOTE: Sharing is async so it might take some time for the share to be available.
+		$retried = 0;
+		do {
+			$shareSynced = $this->isShareSynced($user, $resource);
+
+			if ($shareSynced === $expected) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			$tryAgain = !$shareSynced && $retried < HttpRequestHelper::numRetriesOnHttpTooEarly();
+			if ($tryAgain) {
+				$retried += 1;
+				echo "[INFO] Wait for share sync status...";
+				// wait 500ms and try again
+				\usleep(500 * 1000);
+			}
+		} while ($tryAgain);
+		Assert::fail("[Timeout] Sync for share '$resource' was expected to be '$status' but was not");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @Then /^user "([^"]*)" has a share "([^"]*)" synced$/
+	 *
+	 * @param string $user
+	 * @param string $resource
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws Exception|GuzzleException
+	 */
+	public function userHasShareSynced(string $user, string $resource): void {
+		$this->waitAndCheckShareSyncStatus($user, $resource, "enabled");
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @Then /^user "([^"]*)" should have sync (enabled|disabled) for share "([^"]*)"$/
 	 *
@@ -1251,28 +1324,7 @@ class SharingNgContext implements Context {
 	 * @throws GuzzleException
 	 */
 	public function userShouldHaveSyncEnabledOrDisabledForShare(string $user, string $status, string $resource):void {
-		$response = GraphHelper::getSharesSharedWithMe(
-			$this->featureContext->getBaseUrl(),
-			$this->featureContext->getStepLineRef(),
-			$user,
-			$this->featureContext->getPasswordForUser($user)
-		);
-		$responseBody = $this->featureContext->getJsonDecodedResponse($response);
-		$expectedValue = $status === "enabled" ? "true" : "false";
-		$actualValue = "";
-		foreach ($responseBody["value"] as $value) {
-			if ($value["remoteItem"]["name"] === $resource) {
-				// var_export converts values to their string representations
-				// e.g.: true -> 'true'
-				$actualValue = var_export($value["@client.synchronize"], true);
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		Assert::assertSame(
-			$actualValue,
-			$expectedValue,
-			"Expected property '@client.synchronize' to be '$expectedValue' but found '$actualValue'"
-		);
+		$this->waitAndCheckShareSyncStatus($user, $resource, $status);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/features/coreApiShareManagementBasicToShares/createShareToSharesFolder.feature b/tests/acceptance/features/coreApiShareManagementBasicToShares/createShareToSharesFolder.feature
index b530f7ef0d..63d8cafdcf 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/features/coreApiShareManagementBasicToShares/createShareToSharesFolder.feature
+++ b/tests/acceptance/features/coreApiShareManagementBasicToShares/createShareToSharesFolder.feature
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ Feature: sharing
     And user "Brian" has been added to group "grp2"
     And user "Alice" has created folder "/PARENT"
     When user "Alice" shares folder "/PARENT" with group "grp1" using the sharing API
-    Then user "Brian" should see the following elements
+    Then user "Brian" should have sync enabled for share "PARENT"
+    And user "Brian" should see the following elements
       | /Shares/PARENT/ |
 
 
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/features/coreApiShareManagementToShares/moveReceivedShare.feature b/tests/acceptance/features/coreApiShareManagementToShares/moveReceivedShare.feature
index 21bd5d8fc0..af64b596e0 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/features/coreApiShareManagementToShares/moveReceivedShare.feature
+++ b/tests/acceptance/features/coreApiShareManagementToShares/moveReceivedShare.feature
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ Feature: sharing
       | sharee          | grp1     |
       | shareType       | group    |
       | permissionsRole | Viewer   |
+    And user "Carol" has a share "/TMP" synced
     When user "Carol" moves folder "/Shares/TMP" to "/Shares/new" using the WebDAV API
     And the administrator deletes user "Carol" using the provisioning API
     Then the HTTP status code of responses on each endpoint should be "201, 204" respectively