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index 3544b765912..95fe0c0e22e 100644
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diff --git a/packages/eui/src/components/button/button_group/button_group.stories.tsx b/packages/eui/src/components/button/button_group/button_group.stories.tsx
index 2524f3d7292..8f0432e4033 100644
--- a/packages/eui/src/components/button/button_group/button_group.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/eui/src/components/button/button_group/button_group.stories.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { disableStorybookControls } from '../../../../.storybook/utils';
 
 import { LOKI_SELECTORS } from '../../../../.storybook/loki';
 import { EuiSpacer } from '../../spacer';
+import { ToolTipDelay } from '../../tool_tip/tool_tip';
 import {
   EuiButtonGroup,
   EuiButtonGroupProps,
@@ -144,6 +145,9 @@ export const WithTooltips: Story = {
         label: 'Standard tooltip',
         toolTipContent: 'Hello world',
         autoFocus: true, // dev-only usage to showcase tooltip on load
+        toolTipProps: {
+          delay: 'none' as ToolTipDelay, // passing a (not-yet) supported value to hackishly force a lower delay for VRT
+        },
       } as EuiButtonGroupOptionProps,
       {
         id: 'customToolTipProps',
diff --git a/packages/eui/src/components/code/code_block.stories.tsx b/packages/eui/src/components/code/code_block.stories.tsx
index 12fdb3ec6b3..eb62ac882f8 100644
--- a/packages/eui/src/components/code/code_block.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/eui/src/components/code/code_block.stories.tsx
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export const VirtualizedCodeBlockScrolling: Story = {
         // delay to keep VRT images more stable
         setTimeout(() => {
           setIsLoading(false);
-        });
+        }, 75);
       }
     };
 
diff --git a/packages/eui/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/super_date_picker.stories.tsx b/packages/eui/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/super_date_picker.stories.tsx
index 2b48127b9e4..b8eafc53a04 100644
--- a/packages/eui/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/super_date_picker.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/eui/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/super_date_picker.stories.tsx
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ export const CustomTimeZoneDisplay: Story = {
     },
   },
   args: {
+    start: 'Jan-01-2025',
     timeZoneDisplayProps: {
       timeZone: 'America/Los_Angeles',
       customRender: ({ nameDisplay }) => (
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ export const CustomTimeZoneDisplay: Story = {
 
     await step('show popover on click of the date picker button', async () => {
       await fireEvent.click(
-        canvas.getByTestSubject('superDatePickerShowDatesButton')
+        canvas.getByTestSubject('superDatePickerstartDatePopoverButton')
       );
 
       await canvas.waitForEuiPopoverVisible();
diff --git a/packages/eui/src/components/tool_tip/icon_tip.stories.tsx b/packages/eui/src/components/tool_tip/icon_tip.stories.tsx
index 0128744d80c..c03db00ff45 100644
--- a/packages/eui/src/components/tool_tip/icon_tip.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/eui/src/components/tool_tip/icon_tip.stories.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../../.storybook/utils';
 import { LOKI_SELECTORS } from '../../../.storybook/loki';
 import { EuiFlexGroup } from '../flex';
+import { ToolTipDelay } from './tool_tip';
 import { EuiIconTip, EuiIconTipProps } from './icon_tip';
 
 const meta: Meta<EuiIconTipProps> = {
@@ -78,5 +79,6 @@ export const Playground: Story = {
       // @ts-ignore - temp. solution for storybook VRT testing
       autofocus: 'true',
     },
+    delay: 'none' as ToolTipDelay, // passing a (not-yet) supported value to hackishly force a lower delay for VRT
   },
 };