diff --git a/tests/ha/1-020_validate_redis_ha_nonha/02-assert.yaml b/tests/ha/1-020_validate_redis_ha_nonha/02-assert.yaml
index 94db47f3f..9b22f46bd 100644
--- a/tests/ha/1-020_validate_redis_ha_nonha/02-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/ha/1-020_validate_redis_ha_nonha/02-assert.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
 kind: TestAssert
-timeout: 720
+timeout: 780
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
diff --git a/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/02-check-deployment.yaml b/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/02-check-deployment.yaml
index d2b23a0bb..b456f333e 100644
--- a/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/02-check-deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/02-check-deployment.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ kind: TestStep
 commands:
 - script: |
     set -e
+    sleep 30
+    
     expected="10"
     wlCommand=$(kubectl get -n $NAMESPACE statefulset/argocd-application-controller -o jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].command}'| jq -r '.[]')
     if ! echo "$wlCommand" | grep -Fxq -- "--kubectl-parallelism-limit"; then
diff --git a/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/04-check-deployment.yaml b/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/04-check-deployment.yaml
index 8c710be9b..d5fa4cefd 100644
--- a/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/04-check-deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/04-check-deployment.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ kind: TestStep
 commands:
 - script: |
     set -e
+    sleep 30
+
     expected="20"
     wlCommand=$(kubectl get -n $NAMESPACE statefulset/argocd-application-controller -o jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].command}'| jq -r '.[]')
     if ! echo "$wlCommand" | grep -Fxq -- "--kubectl-parallelism-limit"; then
diff --git a/tests/k8s/1-022_validate_notifications/02-update-notifications-cm.yaml b/tests/k8s/1-022_validate_notifications/02-update-notifications-cm.yaml
index 47b2083af..1a32ce0ea 100644
--- a/tests/k8s/1-022_validate_notifications/02-update-notifications-cm.yaml
+++ b/tests/k8s/1-022_validate_notifications/02-update-notifications-cm.yaml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ commands:
 - script: |
     set -e 
 
+    sleep 15
     kubectl patch cm argocd-notifications-cm -n $NAMESPACE --type merge -p '{"data": {"service.email.gmail": "{host: smtp4dev, port: 2525, from: fake@email.com}" }}'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/k8s/1-022_validate_notifications/05-verify-email.yaml b/tests/k8s/1-022_validate_notifications/05-verify-email.yaml
index 0fa47de29..0263c1b1a 100644
--- a/tests/k8s/1-022_validate_notifications/05-verify-email.yaml
+++ b/tests/k8s/1-022_validate_notifications/05-verify-email.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,21 @@ commands:
 - script: |
     set -e
     smtp4dev_pod=$(kubectl get pod -l=app=smtp4dev -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}' -n $NAMESPACE)
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+      echo "Successfully fetched smtp4dev_pod: ${smtp4dev_pod}"
+    else
+      echo "Failed to fetch smtp4dev_pod"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
     output=$(kubectl -n $NAMESPACE exec -i "${smtp4dev_pod}" -- /bin/bash -c 'grep -rnw /tmp -e "Subject: Application my-app-3 has been created."')
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+      echo "Successfully executed command in smtp4dev_pod"
+    else
+      echo "Failed to execute command in smtp4dev_pod"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
     if [ -n "$output" ]; then
       echo "Email notification received: Application my-app-3 has been created."
       exit 0