diff --git a/tests/integration/nixos/basics.nix b/tests/integration/nixos/basics.nix
index 001623ca5..43f537c79 100644
--- a/tests/integration/nixos/basics.nix
+++ b/tests/integration/nixos/basics.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   nodes.machine = { ... }: {
     imports = [ ../../../nixos ]; # Import the HM NixOS module.
 
+    virtualisation.memorySize = 2048;
+
     users.users.alice = {
       isNormalUser = true;
       description = "Alice Foobar";
diff --git a/tests/integration/standalone/flake-basics.nix b/tests/integration/standalone/flake-basics.nix
index 8f9627d9f..9638862f2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/standalone/flake-basics.nix
+++ b/tests/integration/standalone/flake-basics.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   nodes.machine = { ... }: {
     imports = [ "${pkgs.path}/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/channel.nix" ];
-    virtualisation.memorySize = 2048;
+    virtualisation.memorySize = 3072;
     nix = {
       registry.home-manager.to = {
         type = "path";
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
       } /home/alice/.config/home-manager/home.nix")
 
       actual = succeed_as_alice("home-manager switch")
-      expected = "Started pueued.service - active"
+      expected = "Starting units: pueued.service"
       assert expected in actual, \
         f"expected home-manager switch to contain {expected}, but got {actual}"
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/standalone/standard-basics.nix b/tests/integration/standalone/standard-basics.nix
index d4cac249a..b994ff370 100644
--- a/tests/integration/standalone/standard-basics.nix
+++ b/tests/integration/standalone/standard-basics.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
       } /home/alice/.config/home-manager/home.nix")
 
       actual = succeed_as_alice("home-manager switch")
-      expected = "Started pueued.service - active"
+      expected = "Starting units: pueued.service"
       assert expected in actual, \
         f"expected home-manager switch to contain {expected}, but got {actual}"