diff --git a/internal/store/event_loop_test.go b/internal/store/event_loop_test.go
index 9692363b..51751af8 100644
--- a/internal/store/event_loop_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/event_loop_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/pkg/pmapi"
 	"github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -102,10 +103,13 @@ func TestEventLoopUpdateMessageFromLoop(t *testing.T) {
 	// Event loop runs in goroutine and will be stopped by deferred mock clearing.
 	go m.store.eventLoop.start()
 
-	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
-		msg, err := m.store.getMessageFromDB("msg1")
+	var err error
+	assert.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		var msg *pmapi.Message
+		msg, err = m.store.getMessageFromDB("msg1")
 		return err == nil && msg.Subject == newSubject
 	}, time.Second, 10*time.Millisecond)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestEventLoopUpdateMessage(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/parallel/parallel_test.go b/pkg/parallel/parallel_test.go
index 8fc999de..2fdc8d70 100644
--- a/pkg/parallel/parallel_test.go
+++ b/pkg/parallel/parallel_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var (
 	testInput               = []interface{}{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
 	wantOutput              = []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
 	testProcessSleep        = 100 // ms
-	runParallelTimeOverhead = 100 // ms
+	runParallelTimeOverhead = 150 // ms
 )
 
 func TestParallel(t *testing.T) {