diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 4be0670978d1..66d251a0c358 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -296,11 +296,9 @@ function build_and_test {
       echo "Makefile build complete, starting TXEs and adding dependent tests..."
       make_pid=
 
-      if [ -z "${1:-}" ]; then
-        # TODO: Handle this better to they can be run as part of the Makefile dependency tree.
-        start_txes
-        make noir-projects-txe-tests
-      fi
+      # TODO: Handle this better so they can be run as part of the Makefile dependency tree.
+      start_txes
+      make noir-projects-txe-tests
 
       # Signal tests complete, handled by parallel -E STOP.
       echo STOP >> $test_cmds_file
diff --git a/noir-projects/aztec-nr/aztec/src/test/helpers/txe_oracles.nr b/noir-projects/aztec-nr/aztec/src/test/helpers/txe_oracles.nr
index f9fe915c9c46..f1d61d82e8cc 100644
--- a/noir-projects/aztec-nr/aztec/src/test/helpers/txe_oracles.nr
+++ b/noir-projects/aztec-nr/aztec/src/test/helpers/txe_oracles.nr
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::protocol::{
 };
 
 global MAX_PRIVATE_EVENTS_PER_TXE_QUERY: u32 = 5;
-global MAX_EVENT_SERIALIZATION_LENGTH: u32 = 12;
+global MAX_EVENT_SERIALIZATION_LENGTH: u32 = 10;
 
 pub unconstrained fn deploy<let M: u32, let N: u32, let P: u32>(
     path: str<N>,
diff --git a/noir-projects/noir-contracts-comp-failures/contracts/invalid_note/expected_error b/noir-projects/noir-contracts-comp-failures/contracts/invalid_note/expected_error
index 94e94af204cf..ee90fdf8adb9 100644
--- a/noir-projects/noir-contracts-comp-failures/contracts/invalid_note/expected_error
+++ b/noir-projects/noir-contracts-comp-failures/contracts/invalid_note/expected_error
@@ -1 +1 @@
-InvalidNote has a packed length of 10 fields, which exceeds the maximum allowed length of 9 fields
+InvalidNote has a packed length of 9 fields, which exceeds the maximum allowed length of 8 fields