diff --git a/src/cli/logs-cli.test.ts b/src/cli/logs-cli.test.ts
index ff20ffb9918..8120df864e6 100644
--- a/src/cli/logs-cli.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/logs-cli.test.ts
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ describe("logs cli", () => {
       const stdoutWrites = captureStdoutWrites();
       const exitSpy = vi.spyOn(process, "exit").mockImplementation(() => undefined as never);
 
-      await runLogsCli(["logs", "--follow"]);
+      await runLogsCli(["logs", "--follow", "--interval", "1"]);
 
       expect(stderrWrites.join("")).toContain("Local Gateway RPC unavailable");
       expect(stderrWrites.join("")).not.toContain("gateway disconnected");
@@ -365,7 +365,14 @@ describe("logs cli", () => {
       const stdoutWrites = captureStdoutWrites();
       const exitSpy = vi.spyOn(process, "exit").mockImplementation(() => undefined as never);
 
-      await runLogsCli(["logs", "--follow", "--url", "ws://remote.example.com:18789"]);
+      await runLogsCli([
+        "logs",
+        "--follow",
+        "--interval",
+        "1",
+        "--url",
+        "ws://remote.example.com:18789",
+      ]);
 
       expect(readConfiguredLogTail).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(stderrWrites.join("")).toContain("gateway disconnected");
@@ -399,7 +406,15 @@ describe("logs cli", () => {
       const stdoutWrites = captureStdoutWrites();
       const exitSpy = vi.spyOn(process, "exit").mockImplementation(() => undefined as never);
 
-      await runLogsCli(["logs", "--follow", "--json", "--url", "ws://remote.example.com:18789"]);
+      await runLogsCli([
+        "logs",
+        "--follow",
+        "--interval",
+        "1",
+        "--json",
+        "--url",
+        "ws://remote.example.com:18789",
+      ]);
 
       const stderr = stderrWrites.join("");
       const noticeRecords = stderr
diff --git a/src/cli/update-cli/restart-helper.test.ts b/src/cli/update-cli/restart-helper.test.ts
index 79b3e7d1153..d86ff0feaa3 100644
--- a/src/cli/update-cli/restart-helper.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/update-cli/restart-helper.test.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ exit 0
     await fs.writeFile(launchctlPath, content, { mode: 0o755 });
   }
 
+  async function writeFakeSleep(fakeBinDir: string) {
+    await fs.writeFile(path.join(fakeBinDir, "sleep"), "#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n", { mode: 0o755 });
+  }
+
   async function executeScript(scriptPath: string, env: Record<string, string>) {
     return await new Promise<{ code: number | null; stdout: string; stderr: string }>((resolve) => {
       execFile(
@@ -148,6 +152,7 @@ exit 0
       const fakeBinDir = path.join(tmpDir, "bin");
       const callsPath = path.join(tmpDir, "systemctl-calls.log");
       await fs.mkdir(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true });
+      await writeFakeSleep(fakeBinDir);
       await fs.writeFile(
         path.join(fakeBinDir, "systemctl"),
         `#!/bin/sh
@@ -245,6 +250,7 @@ exit 1
       const fakeBinDir = path.join(tmpDir, "bin");
       const stateDir = path.join(tmpDir, "state");
       await fs.mkdir(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true });
+      await writeFakeSleep(fakeBinDir);
       await writeFakeLaunchctl(
         fakeBinDir,
         `#!/bin/sh
@@ -284,6 +290,7 @@ exit 0
       const stateFile = path.join(tmpDir, "state-file");
       const markerPath = path.join(tmpDir, "launchctl-ran");
       await fs.mkdir(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true });
+      await writeFakeSleep(fakeBinDir);
       await fs.writeFile(stateFile, "not a directory");
       await writeFakeLaunchctl(
         fakeBinDir,
@@ -315,6 +322,7 @@ exit 0
       const fakeBinDir = path.join(tmpDir, "bin");
       const stateDir = path.join(tmpDir, "state");
       await fs.mkdir(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true });
+      await writeFakeSleep(fakeBinDir);
       await writeFakeLaunchctl(fakeBinDir);
 
       const { scriptPath } = await prepareAndReadScript({