diff --git a/stacks-signer/src/signerdb.rs b/stacks-signer/src/signerdb.rs
index 2ea3dc9af8..0da2c1adcc 100644
--- a/stacks-signer/src/signerdb.rs
+++ b/stacks-signer/src/signerdb.rs
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ impl SignerDb {
 
     /// Return the last accepted block the signer (highest stacks height). It will tie break a match based on which was more recently signed.
     pub fn get_signer_last_accepted_block(&self) -> Result<Option<BlockInfo>, DBError> {
-        let query = "SELECT block_info FROM blocks WHERE json_extract(block_info, '$.state') IN (?1, ?2) ORDER BY stacks_height DESC, json_extract(block_info, '$.signed_group') DESC, json_extract(block_info, '$.signed_self') DESC LIMIT 1";
+        let query = "SELECT block_info FROM blocks WHERE state IN (?1, ?2) ORDER BY stacks_height DESC, signed_group DESC, signed_self DESC LIMIT 1";
         let args = params![
             &BlockState::GloballyAccepted.to_string(),
             &BlockState::LocallyAccepted.to_string()
diff --git a/testnet/stacks-node/src/tests/signer/mod.rs b/testnet/stacks-node/src/tests/signer/mod.rs
index 085b567952..6365579dfd 100644
--- a/testnet/stacks-node/src/tests/signer/mod.rs
+++ b/testnet/stacks-node/src/tests/signer/mod.rs
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ impl<S: Signer<T> + Send + 'static, T: SignerEventTrait + 'static> SignerTest<Sp
         self.get_latest_block_response(slot_id)
             .as_block_accepted()
             .expect("Latest block response from slot #{slot_id} isn't a block acceptance")
+            .clone()
     }
 
     /// Get /v2/info from the node
diff --git a/testnet/stacks-node/src/tests/signer/v0.rs b/testnet/stacks-node/src/tests/signer/v0.rs
index 4e6436d5e4..044e5f0cbc 100644
--- a/testnet/stacks-node/src/tests/signer/v0.rs
+++ b/testnet/stacks-node/src/tests/signer/v0.rs
@@ -9833,10 +9833,7 @@ fn no_reorg_due_to_successive_block_validation_ok() {
     let rl2_commits_before = rl2_commits.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
 
     info!("------------------------- Pause Block Validation Submission of N+1'-------------------------");
-    TEST_STALL_BLOCK_VALIDATION_SUBMISSION
-        .lock()
-        .unwrap()
-        .replace(true);
+    TEST_STALL_BLOCK_VALIDATION_SUBMISSION.set(true);
 
     info!("------------------------- Start Miner 2's Tenure-------------------------");
     let burn_height_before = get_burn_height();
@@ -9929,10 +9926,7 @@ fn no_reorg_due_to_successive_block_validation_ok() {
     sleep_ms(5_000);
 
     info!("------------------------- Unpause Block Validation Submission and Response for N+1' -------------------------");
-    TEST_STALL_BLOCK_VALIDATION_SUBMISSION
-        .lock()
-        .unwrap()
-        .replace(false);
+    TEST_STALL_BLOCK_VALIDATION_SUBMISSION.set(false);
 
     info!("------------------------- Confirm N+1 is Accepted ------------------------");
     wait_for(30, || {