diff --git a/test/scripts/e2e_subs/box-search.sh b/test/scripts/e2e_subs/box-search.sh
index 5f451b03ea..543ce47a87 100755
--- a/test/scripts/e2e_subs/box-search.sh
+++ b/test/scripts/e2e_subs/box-search.sh
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ ${gcmd} app call --from "$ACCOUNT" --app-id "$APPID" --app-arg "str:set" --app-a
 cat "$TEMPDIR/box_create.txn" "$TEMPDIR/box_set.txn" > "$TEMPDIR/box_create_n_set.txn"
 ${gcmd} clerk group -i "$TEMPDIR/box_create_n_set.txn" -o "$TEMPDIR/box_group.txn"
 ${gcmd} clerk sign -i "$TEMPDIR/box_group.txn" -o "$TEMPDIR/box_group.stx"
-${gcmd} clerk rawsend -f "$TEMPDIR/box_group.stx"
+COMMIT=$(${gcmd} clerk rawsend -f "$TEMPDIR/box_group.stx" | grep "committed in round" | head -1 | awk '{print $6}')
+echo "Last box made in $COMMIT"
 
 echo "Confirm the NAME is $BOX_NAME"
 ${gcmd} app box info --app-id "$APPID" --name "$BOX_NAME"
@@ -136,10 +137,20 @@ NAME=$(${gcmd} app box info --app-id "$APPID" --name "$BOX_NAME" | grep Name | t
 VALUE=$(${gcmd} app box info --app-id "$APPID" --name "$BOX_NAME" | grep Value | tr -s ' ' | cut -d" " -f2-)
 [ "$VALUE" = str:$GREAT_VALUE ]
 
-sleep 15                        # again, app box list only hits DB
 
-# Confirm that we can still get the list of boxes
-BOX_LIST=$(${gcmd} app box list --app-id "$APPID")
+# Confirm that we can still get the list of boxes (need to keep asking
+# until the returned results are for $ROUND)
+retry=0
+while [ $retry -lt 10 ]; do
+    BOX_LIST=$(${gcmd} app box list --app-id "$APPID")
+    ROUND=$(echo "$BOX_LIST" | awk '/Round: / {print $2}')
+    if [[ "$COMMIT" == "$ROUND" ]]; then
+        break
+    fi
+    retry=$((retry + 1))
+    sleep 2
+done
+
 EXPECTED="Boxes:
 b64:AQIDBA==
 str:base64