diff --git a/docs/changes/newsfragments/7796.improved_driver b/docs/changes/newsfragments/7796.improved_driver
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b589ecace548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/newsfragments/7796.improved_driver
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Fixed bug in Lakeshore driver that was causing blocking_t
+to periodically hang indefinitely: a 0.5 seconds post delay was added to
+setpoint parameter to ensure that the setpoint value propagated to the
+instrument when the set of the setpoint parameter returns.
diff --git a/src/qcodes/instrument_drivers/Lakeshore/lakeshore_base.py b/src/qcodes/instrument_drivers/Lakeshore/lakeshore_base.py
index 3305230337d8..fa2f68315d6a 100644
--- a/src/qcodes/instrument_drivers/Lakeshore/lakeshore_base.py
+++ b/src/qcodes/instrument_drivers/Lakeshore/lakeshore_base.py
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ def __init__(
             get_parser=float,
             set_cmd=f"SETP {output_index}, {{}}",
             get_cmd=f"SETP? {output_index}",
+            post_delay=0.5,  # getting setpoint too soon after setting may fetch previous setpoint
         )
         """
         The value of the setpoint in the preferred units of the control loop sensor