diff --git a/AutomatedTesting/Gem/PythonTests/CMakeLists.txt b/AutomatedTesting/Gem/PythonTests/CMakeLists.txt
index c527aea98c..c23d92d60a 100644
--- a/AutomatedTesting/Gem/PythonTests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/AutomatedTesting/Gem/PythonTests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ endif()
 if(PAL_TRAIT_BUILD_TESTS_SUPPORTED AND PAL_TRAIT_BUILD_HOST_TOOLS)
     ly_add_pytest(
         NAME AutomatedTesting::BlastTests
-        TEST_SUITE sandbox
+        TEST_SUITE periodic
         TEST_SERIAL TRUE
         PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/Blast/TestSuite_Active.py
         TIMEOUT 3600