diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts
index b1ed0c2a7d..d83a425e94 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts
@@ -435,18 +435,14 @@ test('should respect expect.timeout', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
 
       test('timeout', async ({ page }) => {
         await page.goto('data:text/html,<div>A</div>');
-        await Promise.all([
-          expect(page).toHaveURL('data:text/html,<div>B</div>'),
-          new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, 2000)).then(() => expect(true).toBe(false))
-        ]);
+        const error = await expect(page).toHaveURL('data:text/html,<div>B</div>').catch(e => e);
+        expect(error.message).toContain('expect.toHaveURL with timeout 1000ms');
+        expect(error.message).toContain('data:text/html,<div>');
       });
       `,
   }, { workers: 1 });
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
-  expect(output).toContain('expect(received).toHaveURL(expected)');
-  expect(output).toContain('expect.toHaveURL with timeout 1000ms');
-  expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
 });
 
 test('should log scale the time', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/hooks.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/hooks.spec.ts
index 7ed25b4470..c1cb331ffa 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/hooks.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/hooks.spec.ts
@@ -716,14 +716,14 @@ test('test.setTimeout should work separately in beforeAll', async ({ runInlineTe
       const { test } = pwt;
       test.beforeAll(async () => {
         console.log('\\n%%beforeAll');
-        test.setTimeout(100);
+        test.setTimeout(1000);
       });
       test('passed', async () => {
         console.log('\\n%%test');
-        await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, 500));
+        await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, 2000));
       });
     `,
-  }, { timeout: 2000 });
+  }, { timeout: 3000 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([