diff --git a/zebrad/src/components/mempool/tests/vector.rs b/zebrad/src/components/mempool/tests/vector.rs
index 32c157ea3..29b16868e 100644
--- a/zebrad/src/components/mempool/tests/vector.rs
+++ b/zebrad/src/components/mempool/tests/vector.rs
@@ -417,6 +417,21 @@ async fn mempool_cancel_mined() -> Result<(), Report> {
         .await
         .unwrap();
 
+    // Wait for the chain tip update
+    if let Err(timeout_error) = timeout(
+        CHAIN_TIP_UPDATE_WAIT_LIMIT,
+        chain_tip_change.wait_for_tip_change(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .map(|change_result| change_result.expect("unexpected chain tip update failure"))
+    {
+        info!(
+            timeout = ?humantime_seconds(CHAIN_TIP_UPDATE_WAIT_LIMIT),
+            ?timeout_error,
+            "timeout waiting for chain tip change after committing block"
+        );
+    }
+
     // Query the mempool to make it poll chain_tip_change
     mempool.dummy_call().await;
 
@@ -431,6 +446,21 @@ async fn mempool_cancel_mined() -> Result<(), Report> {
         .await
         .unwrap();
 
+    // Wait for the chain tip update
+    if let Err(timeout_error) = timeout(
+        CHAIN_TIP_UPDATE_WAIT_LIMIT,
+        chain_tip_change.wait_for_tip_change(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .map(|change_result| change_result.expect("unexpected chain tip update failure"))
+    {
+        info!(
+            timeout = ?humantime_seconds(CHAIN_TIP_UPDATE_WAIT_LIMIT),
+            ?timeout_error,
+            "timeout waiting for chain tip change after committing block"
+        );
+    }
+
     // Query the mempool to make it poll chain_tip_change
     mempool.dummy_call().await;