diff --git a/consensus/byzantine_test.go b/consensus/byzantine_test.go
index 0b869f0da6..b4f6b10193 100644
--- a/consensus/byzantine_test.go
+++ b/consensus/byzantine_test.go
@@ -34,6 +34,34 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cometbft/cometbft/types"
 )
 
+const (
+	minTestRoundTimeout   = 500 * time.Millisecond
+	minTestRoundDelta     = 100 * time.Millisecond
+	minTestCommitTimeout  = 2 * time.Second
+	minTestDelayedTimeout = 500 * time.Millisecond
+)
+
+func applyTestConsensusTimeouts(timeoutInfo *cmtstate.TimeoutInfo) {
+	timeoutInfo.TimeoutPropose = maxDuration(timeoutInfo.TimeoutPropose, minTestRoundTimeout)
+	timeoutInfo.TimeoutPrevote = maxDuration(timeoutInfo.TimeoutPrevote, minTestRoundTimeout)
+	timeoutInfo.TimeoutPrecommit = maxDuration(timeoutInfo.TimeoutPrecommit, minTestRoundTimeout)
+
+	timeoutInfo.TimeoutProposeDelta = maxDuration(timeoutInfo.TimeoutProposeDelta, minTestRoundDelta)
+	timeoutInfo.TimeoutPrevoteDelta = maxDuration(timeoutInfo.TimeoutPrevoteDelta, minTestRoundDelta)
+	timeoutInfo.TimeoutPrecommitDelta = maxDuration(timeoutInfo.TimeoutPrecommitDelta, minTestRoundDelta)
+
+	timeoutInfo.TimeoutCommit = maxDuration(timeoutInfo.TimeoutCommit, minTestCommitTimeout)
+	timeoutInfo.DelayedPrecommitTimeout = maxDuration(timeoutInfo.DelayedPrecommitTimeout, minTestDelayedTimeout)
+}
+
+func maxDuration(current, min time.Duration) time.Duration {
+	if current < min {
+		return min
+	}
+
+	return current
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------
 // byzantine failures
 
@@ -80,6 +108,8 @@ func TestByzantinePrevoteEquivocation(t *testing.T) {
 			DelayedPrecommitTimeout: resp.TimeoutInfo.DelayedPrecommitTimeout,
 		}
 
+		applyTestConsensusTimeouts(&state.Timeouts)
+
 		// Save the updated state back to the store
 		err = stateStore.Save(state)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/consensus/common_test.go b/consensus/common_test.go
index d3e536ab10..f00495304d 100644
--- a/consensus/common_test.go
+++ b/consensus/common_test.go
@@ -303,22 +303,6 @@ func validatePrevote(t *testing.T, cs *State, round int32, privVal *validatorStu
 	}
 }
 
-func validateLastPrecommit(t *testing.T, cs *State, privVal *validatorStub, blockHash []byte) {
-	cs.rsMtx.RLock()
-	votes := cs.rs.LastCommit
-	cs.rsMtx.RUnlock()
-	pv, err := privVal.GetPubKey()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	address := pv.Address()
-	var vote *types.Vote
-	if vote = votes.GetByAddress(address); vote == nil {
-		panic("Failed to find precommit from validator")
-	}
-	if !bytes.Equal(vote.BlockID.Hash, blockHash) {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Expected precommit to be for %X, got %X", blockHash, vote.BlockID.Hash))
-	}
-}
-
 func validatePrecommit(
 	t *testing.T,
 	cs *State,
diff --git a/consensus/state_test.go b/consensus/state_test.go
index 126e2c61bd..b9f1eb35ac 100644
--- a/consensus/state_test.go
+++ b/consensus/state_test.go
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func TestStateOversizedBlock(t *testing.T) {
 
 // propose, prevote, and precommit a block
 func TestStateFullRound1(t *testing.T) {
-	cs, vss := randState(1)
+	cs, _ := randState(1)
 	height, round := cs.rs.Height, cs.rs.Round
 
 	// NOTE: buffer capacity of 0 ensures we can validate prevote and last commit
@@ -383,11 +383,15 @@ func TestStateFullRound1(t *testing.T) {
 	propBlockHash := waitForProposal(t, propCh, height, round)
 	ensurePrevoteMatch(t, voteCh, height, round, propBlockHash)
 
-	ensurePrecommit(voteCh, height, round) // wait for precommit
+	ensurePrecommitMatch(t, voteCh, height, round, propBlockHash)
 
 	// we're going to roll right into new height
 	ensureNewRound(newRoundCh, height+1, 0)
-	validateLastPrecommit(t, cs, vss[0], propBlockHash)
+	require.NoError(t, cs.timeoutTicker.Stop())
+	commit := cs.blockStore.LoadBlockCommit(height)
+	require.NotNil(t, commit, "expected commit for height %d", height)
+	assert.True(t, bytes.Equal(commit.BlockID.Hash, propBlockHash),
+		"expected commit hash %X, got %X", propBlockHash, commit.BlockID.Hash)
 }
 
 // nil is proposed, so prevote and precommit nil