diff --git a/ci/localnet-sanity.sh b/ci/localnet-sanity.sh
index c188e0dd76..ee17742074 100755
--- a/ci/localnet-sanity.sh
+++ b/ci/localnet-sanity.sh
@@ -294,7 +294,10 @@ flag_error() {
 }
 
 if ! $skipSetup; then
-  multinode-demo/setup.sh --hashes-per-tick auto
+  multinode-demo/setup.sh \
+    --hashes-per-tick auto \
+    --lamports-per-signature 1 \
+
 else
   verifyLedger
 fi
diff --git a/multinode-demo/fullnode.sh b/multinode-demo/fullnode.sh
index a670287591..02af0583ff 100755
--- a/multinode-demo/fullnode.sh
+++ b/multinode-demo/fullnode.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ setup_validator_accounts() {
     echo "Vote and stake accounts have already been configured"
   else
     # Fund the node with enough tokens to fund its Vote, Staking, and Storage accounts
-    $solana_wallet --keypair "$node_keypair_path" --url "http://$entrypoint_ip:8899" airdrop $((stake*2+2)) || return $?
+    declare fees=100 # TODO: No hardcoded transaction fees, fetch the current cluster fees
+    $solana_wallet --keypair "$node_keypair_path" --url "http://$entrypoint_ip:8899" airdrop $((stake*2+fees)) || return $?
 
     # Fund the vote account from the node, with the node as the node_pubkey
     $solana_wallet --keypair "$node_keypair_path" --url "http://$entrypoint_ip:8899" \
diff --git a/scripts/wallet-sanity.sh b/scripts/wallet-sanity.sh
index 8e5c83651e..b37fcf4176 100755
--- a/scripts/wallet-sanity.sh
+++ b/scripts/wallet-sanity.sh
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ $solana_wallet "${entrypoint[@]}" airdrop 60
 check_balance_output "60 lamports"
 $solana_wallet "${entrypoint[@]}" airdrop 40
 check_balance_output "100 lamports"
-pay_and_confirm $garbage_address 99
-check_balance_output "1 lamport"
+pay_and_confirm $garbage_address 50
+check_balance_output "lamports" # <-- exact number of lamports here depends on the current cluster fees
 
 echo PASS
 exit 0