diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/network/tcp_scanner.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/network/tcp_scanner.py
index 84453cfa7..9e69d9351 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/network/tcp_scanner.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/network/tcp_scanner.py
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 import logging
 import select
 import socket
-import time
 from itertools import zip_longest
 from typing import Dict, List, Set
 
 from infection_monkey.i_puppet import PortScanData, PortStatus
 from infection_monkey.network.tools import BANNER_READ, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, tcp_port_to_service
-
-SLEEP_BETWEEN_POLL = 0.5
+from infection_monkey.utils.timer import Timer
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -71,21 +69,21 @@ def _check_tcp_ports(ip: str, ports: List[int], timeout: float = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
             logger.warning("Failed to connect to port %s, error code is %d", port, err)
 
         if len(possible_ports) != 0:
-            timeout = int(round(timeout))  # clamp to integer, to avoid checking input
             sockets_to_try = possible_ports.copy()
-            while (timeout >= 0) and sockets_to_try:
+
+            timer = Timer()
+            timer.set(timeout)
+
+            while (not timer.is_expired()) and sockets_to_try:
                 sock_objects = [s[1] for s in sockets_to_try]
 
-                _, writeable_sockets, _ = select.select([], sock_objects, [], 0)
+                _, writeable_sockets, _ = select.select([], sock_objects, [], timer.time_remaining)
                 for s in writeable_sockets:
                     try:  # actual test
                         connected_ports_sockets.append((s.getpeername()[1], s))
                     except socket.error:  # bad socket, select didn't filter it properly
                         pass
                 sockets_to_try = [s for s in sockets_to_try if s not in connected_ports_sockets]
-                if sockets_to_try:
-                    time.sleep(SLEEP_BETWEEN_POLL)
-                    timeout -= SLEEP_BETWEEN_POLL
 
             logger.debug(
                 "On host %s discovered the following ports %s"
@@ -95,7 +93,7 @@ def _check_tcp_ports(ip: str, ports: List[int], timeout: float = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
             banners = []
             if len(connected_ports_sockets) != 0:
                 readable_sockets, _, _ = select.select(
-                    [s[1] for s in connected_ports_sockets], [], [], 0
+                    [s[1] for s in connected_ports_sockets], [], [], timer.time_remaining
                 )
                 # read first BANNER_READ bytes. We ignore errors because service might not send a
                 # decodable byte string.