diff --git a/tests/checks/tmux-job.fish b/tests/checks/tmux-job.fish
index c29e95ca9..07e5ab887 100644
--- a/tests/checks/tmux-job.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/tmux-job.fish
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 isolated-tmux-start
 
 isolated-tmux send-keys \
-    "sleep 0.25 &" Enter \
+    "sleep 0.5 &" Enter \
     "echo hello"
-sleep .5
+sleep 1
 isolated-tmux send-keys Space world
 isolated-tmux capture-pane -p
-# CHECK: prompt 0> sleep 0.25 &
+# CHECK: prompt 0> sleep 0.5 &
 # CHECK: prompt 0> echo hello
-# CHECK: fish: Job 1, 'sleep 0.25 &' has ended
+# CHECK: fish: Job 1, 'sleep 0.5 &' has ended
 # CHECK: prompt 0> echo hello world
diff --git a/tests/pexpects/signals.py b/tests/pexpects/signals.py
index e8dee8c7b..d6ca9b387 100644
--- a/tests/pexpects/signals.py
+++ b/tests/pexpects/signals.py
@@ -47,10 +47,9 @@ expect_prompt()
 sendline("function postexec --on-event fish_postexec; echo fish_postexec spotted; end")
 expect_prompt()
 sendline("read")
-sleep(0.200)
-expect_re(r"\r\n?read> (\x1b\[\?1004h)?$")
+expect_re(r"\r\n?read> (\x1b\[\?1004h)?$", timeout=10)
 os.kill(sp.spawn.pid, signal.SIGINT)
-expect_str("fish_postexec spotted")
+expect_str("fish_postexec spotted", timeout=10)
 expect_prompt()
 
 # Verify that the fish_kill_signal is set.