diff --git a/updater/spec/dependabot/file_fetcher_job_spec.rb b/updater/spec/dependabot/file_fetcher_job_spec.rb
index 1e8c1b03c0a..99759a8a913 100644
--- a/updater/spec/dependabot/file_fetcher_job_spec.rb
+++ b/updater/spec/dependabot/file_fetcher_job_spec.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
           )
         expect(api_client).to receive(:mark_job_as_processed)
 
-        perform_job
+        expect { perform_job }.to output(/Error during file fetching; aborting/).to_stdout_from_any_process
       end
     end
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
           )
         expect(api_client).to receive(:mark_job_as_processed)
 
-        perform_job
+        expect { perform_job }.to output(/Error during file fetching; aborting/).to_stdout_from_any_process
       end
     end
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
           )
         expect(api_client).to receive(:mark_job_as_processed)
 
-        perform_job
+        expect { perform_job }.to output(/Repository is rate limited, attempting to retry/).to_stdout_from_any_process
       end
     end
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
         end
         expect(api_client).to receive(:mark_job_as_processed)
 
-        perform_job
+        expect { perform_job }.to output(/Something went wrong/).to_stdout_from_any_process
 
         expect(Dir.exist?(Dependabot::Environment.repo_contents_path)).to be_truthy
         expect(Dir.empty?(Dependabot::Environment.repo_contents_path)).to be_truthy
diff --git a/updater/spec/dependabot/integration_spec.rb b/updater/spec/dependabot/integration_spec.rb
index bd2fbc68c15..333ebd75f3a 100644
--- a/updater/spec/dependabot/integration_spec.rb
+++ b/updater/spec/dependabot/integration_spec.rb
@@ -175,18 +175,18 @@
         expect(api_client).to receive(:record_update_job_error).
           with(job_id, { error_type: "unknown_error", error_details: nil })
 
-        end_to_end_job.run
+        expect { end_to_end_job.run }.to output(/oh no!/).to_stdout_from_any_process
       end
 
       it "indicates there was an error in the summary" do
         expect(Dependabot.logger).not_to receive(:info).with(/Changes to Dependabot Pull Requests/)
         expect(Dependabot.logger).to receive(:info).with(/Dependabot encountered '1' error/)
 
-        end_to_end_job.run
+        expect { end_to_end_job.run }.to output(/oh no!/).to_stdout_from_any_process
       end
 
       it "does not raise an exception" do
-        expect { end_to_end_job.run }.not_to raise_error
+        expect { end_to_end_job.run }.to output(/oh no!/).to_stdout_from_any_process
       end
 
       context "when GITHUB_ACTIONS is set" do
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@
         end
 
         it "raises an exception" do
-          expect { end_to_end_job.run }.to raise_error(Dependabot::RunFailure)
+          expect { end_to_end_job.run }.to raise_error(Dependabot::RunFailure).
+            and output(/oh no!/).to_stdout_from_any_process
         end
       end
     end