diff --git a/ros2topic/test/fixtures/listener_node.py b/ros2topic/test/fixtures/listener_node.py
index 8ee4fddfa..f6355ddff 100644
--- a/ros2topic/test/fixtures/listener_node.py
+++ b/ros2topic/test/fixtures/listener_node.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import rclpy
 from rclpy.node import Node
-from rclpy.qos import qos_profile_system_default
+from ros2topic.api import qos_profile_from_short_keys
 
 from std_msgs.msg import String
 
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ class ListenerNode(Node):
 
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__('listener')
+        qos_profile = qos_profile_from_short_keys(
+            'system_default', durability='transient_local')
         self.sub = self.create_subscription(
-            String, 'chatter', self.callback, qos_profile_system_default
+            String, 'chatter', self.callback, qos_profile
         )
 
     def callback(self, msg):
diff --git a/ros2topic/test/test_cli.py b/ros2topic/test/test_cli.py
index 565c4935c..15e278790 100644
--- a/ros2topic/test/test_cli.py
+++ b/ros2topic/test/test_cli.py
@@ -559,7 +559,14 @@ def test_topic_echo_no_publisher(self):
 
     def test_topic_pub(self):
         with self.launch_topic_command(
-            arguments=['pub', '/chit_chatter', 'std_msgs/msg/String', '{data: foo}'],
+            arguments=[
+                'pub',
+                '--keep-alive', '3',  # seconds
+                '--qos-durability', 'transient_local',
+                '/chit_chatter',
+                'std_msgs/msg/String',
+                '{data: foo}'
+            ],
         ) as topic_command:
             assert topic_command.wait_for_output(functools.partial(
                 launch_testing.tools.expect_output, expected_lines=[
@@ -579,6 +586,8 @@ def test_topic_pub_once(self):
         with self.launch_topic_command(
             arguments=[
                 'pub', '--once',
+                '--keep-alive', '3',  # seconds
+                '--qos-durability', 'transient_local',
                 '/chit_chatter',
                 'std_msgs/msg/String',
                 '{data: bar}'
@@ -604,6 +613,8 @@ def test_topic_pub_print_every_two(self):
             arguments=[
                 'pub',
                 '-p', '2',
+                '--keep-alive', '3',  # seconds
+                '--qos-durability', 'transient_local',
                 '/chit_chatter',
                 'std_msgs/msg/String',
                 '{data: fizz}'