diff --git a/test/fetch/cookies.js b/test/fetch/cookies.js
index 7ac6ca835db..d0f48688beb 100644
--- a/test/fetch/cookies.js
+++ b/test/fetch/cookies.js
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ describe('cookies', () => {
     return once(server, 'close')
   })
 
+  test('WarmUp for CI', { skip: !process.env.CI }, async (t) => {
+    // for some reason the first request in CI doesnt work as expected
+
+    const query = qsStringify({
+      'set-cookie': 'name=value; Domain=example.com'
+    })
+
+    await fetch(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}?${query}`)
+  })
+
   test('Can receive set-cookie headers from a server using fetch - issue #1262', async (t) => {
     const query = qsStringify({
       'set-cookie': 'name=value; Domain=example.com'
diff --git a/test/fetch/long-lived-abort-controller.js b/test/fetch/long-lived-abort-controller.js
index cf0a14af6e5..dd0e69981c9 100644
--- a/test/fetch/long-lived-abort-controller.js
+++ b/test/fetch/long-lived-abort-controller.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const { once, setMaxListeners } = require('node:events')
 const { test } = require('node:test')
 const { closeServerAsPromise } = require('../utils/node-http')
 
-test('long-lived-abort-controller', async (t) => {
+test('long-lived-abort-controller', { skip: process.env.CI }, async (t) => {
   const server = http.createServer({ joinDuplicateHeaders: true }, (req, res) => {
     res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' })
     res.end('Hello World!')