diff --git a/core/tests/app-updater/tests/fixtures/tauri-v1/src/main.rs b/core/tests/app-updater/tests/fixtures/tauri-v1/src/main.rs
index 902548cb36e0..84d7b4caa929 100644
--- a/core/tests/app-updater/tests/fixtures/tauri-v1/src/main.rs
+++ b/core/tests/app-updater/tests/fixtures/tauri-v1/src/main.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 fn main() {
+  eprintln!("running tauri v1 app...");
   let mut context = tauri::generate_context!();
   if std::env::var("TARGET").unwrap_or_default() == "nsis" {
     // /D sets the default installation directory ($INSTDIR),
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ fn main() {
   }
   tauri::Builder::default()
     .setup(|app| {
+      println!("current version: {}", app.package_info().version);
       let handle = app.handle();
       tauri::async_runtime::spawn(async move {
         match handle
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ fn main() {
           .await
         {
           Ok(update) => {
+            println!("got update {}", update.latest_version());
             if update.is_update_available() {
               if let Err(e) = update.download_and_install().await {
                 println!("{e}");
diff --git a/core/tests/app-updater/tests/fixtures/tauri-v2/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/core/tests/app-updater/tests/fixtures/tauri-v2/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index 80da925b8ca7..cb9a4d420f85 100644
--- a/core/tests/app-updater/tests/fixtures/tauri-v2/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/core/tests/app-updater/tests/fixtures/tauri-v2/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@
 use tauri_plugin_updater::UpdaterExt;
 
 fn main() {
+  eprintln!("running tauri v2 app...");
   tauri::Builder::default()
     .plugin(tauri_plugin_shell::init())
     .plugin(tauri_plugin_updater::Builder::new().build())
     .setup(|app| {
       let handle = app.handle().clone();
+      println!("current version: {}", app.package_info().version);
       tauri::async_runtime::spawn(async move {
         match handle.updater().unwrap().check().await {
           Ok(Some(update)) => {
diff --git a/core/tests/app-updater/tests/update.rs b/core/tests/app-updater/tests/update.rs
index e8ebc6e8d6fe..669196618f91 100644
--- a/core/tests/app-updater/tests/update.rs
+++ b/core/tests/app-updater/tests/update.rs
@@ -490,6 +490,8 @@ fn update_app_flow<F: FnOnce(Options<'_>) -> (PathBuf, TauriVersion)>(build_app_
       vec![UPDATED_EXIT_CODE, UP_TO_DATE_EXIT_CODE]
     };
 
+    let ci = std::env::var("CI").map(|v| v == "true").unwrap_or_default();
+
     for expected_exit_code in status_checks {
       let mut binary_cmd = if cfg!(windows) {
         Command::new(tauri_v1_fixture_dir.join("target/debug/app-updater.exe"))
@@ -501,7 +503,7 @@ fn update_app_flow<F: FnOnce(Options<'_>) -> (PathBuf, TauriVersion)>(build_app_
             .1
             .join("Contents/MacOS/app-updater"),
         )
-      } else if std::env::var("CI").map(|v| v == "true").unwrap_or_default() {
+      } else if ci {
         let mut c = Command::new("xvfb-run");
         c.arg("--auto-servernum").arg(
           &bundle_paths(&tauri_v1_fixture_dir, "0.1.0")
@@ -542,12 +544,12 @@ fn update_app_flow<F: FnOnce(Options<'_>) -> (PathBuf, TauriVersion)>(build_app_
 
       let code = status.code().unwrap_or(-1);
       if code != expected_exit_code {
-        panic!("failed to update app\nexpected {expected_exit_code} got {code}",);
+        panic!("failed to update app\nexpected {expected_exit_code} got {code}");
       }
 
       // wait for the update to be applied on Windows
       #[cfg(windows)]
-      std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(3));
+      std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(if ci { 6 } else { 3 }));
     }
 
     // force Rust to rebuild the binary so it doesn't conflict with other test runs