diff --git a/codex-rs/core/tests/common/lib.rs b/codex-rs/core/tests/common/lib.rs
index 8d8517085c..a447a5d174 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/common/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/common/lib.rs
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ where
     F: FnMut(&codex_core::protocol::EventMsg) -> bool,
 {
     use tokio::time::Duration;
-    wait_for_event_with_timeout(codex, predicate, Duration::from_secs(1)).await
+    wait_for_event_with_timeout(codex, predicate, Duration::from_secs(10)).await
 }
 
 pub async fn wait_for_event_match<T, F>(codex: &CodexConversation, matcher: F) -> T
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/tests/responses_headers.rs b/codex-rs/core/tests/responses_headers.rs
index 9d2aeaaa8e..1deba0f409 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/responses_headers.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/responses_headers.rs
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ async fn responses_request_body_is_zstd_encoded() {
     };
 
     let codex_home = TempDir::new().expect("failed to create TempDir");
-    let mut config = load_default_config_for_test(&codex_home);
+    let mut config = load_default_config_for_test(&codex_home).await;
     config.model_provider_id = provider.name.clone();
     config.model_provider = provider.clone();
     config.features.enable(Feature::RequestCompression);
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ async fn responses_request_body_is_uncompressed_when_disabled() {
     };
 
     let codex_home = TempDir::new().expect("failed to create TempDir");
-    let mut config = load_default_config_for_test(&codex_home);
+    let mut config = load_default_config_for_test(&codex_home).await;
     config.model_provider_id = provider.name.clone();
     config.model_provider = provider.clone();
     let effort = config.model_reasoning_effort;