diff --git a/tests/pexpects/bind_mode_events.py b/tests/pexpects/bind_mode_events.py
index 3860d2fbe..c7c673754 100644
--- a/tests/pexpects/bind_mode_events.py
+++ b/tests/pexpects/bind_mode_events.py
@@ -41,14 +41,18 @@ expect_prompt("\r\nmode changes: default insert default insert\r\n")
 send("set -e MODE_CHANGES\r")
 expect_prompt()
 
+timeout = 0.15
+if "CI" in os.environ:
+    timeout = 1.0
+
 # Put some text on the command line and then go back to normal mode.
 send("echo stuff")
 sp.expect_str("echo stuff")
 send("\033")
-sleep(0.150)
+sleep(timeout)
 
 os.kill(sp.spawn.pid, signal.SIGINT)
-sleep(0.150)
+sleep(timeout)
 
 # We should be back in insert mode now.
 send("echo mode changes: $MODE_CHANGES\r")
diff --git a/tests/pexpects/cancel_event.py b/tests/pexpects/cancel_event.py
index 9be1aa8b1..56c10a99c 100644
--- a/tests/pexpects/cancel_event.py
+++ b/tests/pexpects/cancel_event.py
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@ send, sendline, sleep, expect_str, expect_prompt = (
 )
 expect_prompt()
 
+timeout = 0.15
+if "CI" in os.environ:
+    timeout = 1.0
+
 # Verify that cancel-commandline does what we expect - see #7384.
 send("not executed")
-sleep(0.15)
+sleep(timeout)
 os.kill(sp.spawn.pid, signal.SIGINT)
 sp.expect_str("not executed^C")
 expect_prompt(increment=False)
@@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ expect_prompt(increment=False)
 sendline("function cancelhandler --on-event fish_cancel ; echo yay cancelled ; end")
 expect_prompt()
 send("still not executed")
-sleep(0.15)
+sleep(timeout)
 os.kill(sp.spawn.pid, signal.SIGINT)
 expect_str("still not executed^C")
 expect_prompt("yay cancelled", increment=False)