diff --git a/packages/api/test/resolvers/article.test.ts b/packages/api/test/resolvers/article.test.ts
index 298adeb97..d64a23d4e 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/resolvers/article.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/resolvers/article.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { expect } from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
 import { User } from '../../src/entity/user'
 import chaiString from 'chai-string'
-import { UpdateReason, UploadFileStatus } from '../../src/generated/graphql'
+import {
+  SyncUpdatedItemEdge,
+  UpdateReason,
+  UploadFileStatus,
+} from '../../src/generated/graphql'
 import {
   ArticleSavingRequestStatus,
   Highlight,
@@ -1033,7 +1037,11 @@ describe('Article API', () => {
         authToken
       ).expect(200)
 
-      expect(res.body.data.updatesSince.edges.length).to.eql(3)
+      expect(
+        res.body.data.updatesSince.edges.filter(
+          (e: SyncUpdatedItemEdge) => e.updateReason === UpdateReason.Deleted
+        ).length
+      ).to.eql(3)
       expect(res.body.data.updatesSince.edges[0].itemID).to.eq(
         deletedPages[0].id
       )
diff --git a/packages/content-handler/test/newsletter.test.ts b/packages/content-handler/test/newsletter.test.ts
index 1d36aefe4..dd3b7941c 100644
--- a/packages/content-handler/test/newsletter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/content-handler/test/newsletter.test.ts
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ describe('Newsletter email test', () => {
       expect(url).to.startWith(
         'https://newsletter.slowchinese.net/p/companies-that-eat-people-217'
       )
-    })
+    }).timeout(10000)
     it('gets the URL from the header if it is a beehiiv newsletter', async () => {
       nock('https://u23463625.ct.sendgrid.net')
         .head(