diff --git a/internal/consensus/common_test.go b/internal/consensus/common_test.go
index 7637a0fae..2c894fb25 100644
--- a/internal/consensus/common_test.go
+++ b/internal/consensus/common_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const (
 	testSubscriber = "test-client"
 
 	// genesis, chain_id, priv_val
-	ensureTimeout = 500 * time.Millisecond
+	ensureTimeout = 750 * time.Millisecond
 )
 
 // A cleanupFunc cleans up any config / test files created for a particular
diff --git a/internal/consensus/state_test.go b/internal/consensus/state_test.go
index 68d982813..af4c61897 100644
--- a/internal/consensus/state_test.go
+++ b/internal/consensus/state_test.go
@@ -2736,7 +2736,7 @@ func subscribe(
 	sub, err := eventBus.SubscribeWithArgs(ctx, tmpubsub.SubscribeArgs{
 		ClientID: testSubscriber,
 		Query:    q,
-		Limit:    1024,
+		Limit:    65536,
 	})
 	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Failed to subscribe %q to %v: %v", testSubscriber, q, err)
 	ch := make(chan tmpubsub.Message)