diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-smokes-scheduled.yml b/.github/workflows/run-smokes-scheduled.yml
index bade5f93b..61c1a2762 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-smokes-scheduled.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-smokes-scheduled.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 9 * * *'
 
-name: "Run Smokes (Automated)"
+name: "Run Smoke Tests (Automated)"
 jobs:
   calculate_correct_version_ranges:
     name: "Calculate Correct Version Ranges"
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: run-smokes
     name: "Message Slack On Test Failure"
-    if: ${{ needs.run-smokes.result == 'failure' }}
+    if: ${{ failure() }}
     steps:
       - name: Send custom JSON data to Slack workflow
         id: slack
diff --git a/tests/e2e/graph/introspect.rs b/tests/e2e/graph/introspect.rs
index ff954ace8..5cba69b0f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/graph/introspect.rs
+++ b/tests/e2e/graph/introspect.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ async fn e2e_test_rover_graph_introspect_watch(
     schema_file
         .write(new_schema.as_bytes())
         .expect("Could not update schema");
-    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+    child.kill().unwrap();
     // Get the new result
     out_file
         .seek(SeekFrom::Start(0))
@@ -131,6 +132,4 @@ async fn e2e_test_rover_graph_introspect_watch(
     asserting(&format!("changes which was {:?}, has no elements", changes))
         .that(&changes)
         .is_empty();
-
-    child.kill().unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/tests/e2e/subgraph/introspect.rs b/tests/e2e/subgraph/introspect.rs
index 601f5e6f4..83d69bb6e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/subgraph/introspect.rs
+++ b/tests/e2e/subgraph/introspect.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ async fn e2e_test_rover_subgraph_introspect_watch(
     schema_file
         .write(new_schema.as_bytes())
         .expect("Could not update schema");
-    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+    child.kill().unwrap();
     // Get the new result
     out_file
         .seek(SeekFrom::Start(0))
@@ -132,6 +133,4 @@ async fn e2e_test_rover_subgraph_introspect_watch(
     asserting(&format!("changes which was {:?}, has no elements", changes))
         .that(&changes)
         .is_empty();
-
-    child.kill().unwrap();
 }