diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-ci-clang.yml b/.github/workflows/github-ci-clang.yml
index 97dae2bf..06354c46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-ci-clang.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-ci-clang.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ matrix.project == 'qemu-virt-arm64-test' }}
       shell: bash
       run: |
+        env -i DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get update
         env -i DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get install -y qemu-system-arm
     - name: unittest
       if: ${{ matrix.project == 'qemu-virt-arm64-test' }}
diff --git a/scripts/unittest.py b/scripts/unittest.py
index 0bad5785..c057353a 100644
--- a/scripts/unittest.py
+++ b/scripts/unittest.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def main():
     try:
         os.set_blocking(p.stdout.fileno(), False)
         condition_met, output = wait_for_output(
-            p.stdout, lambda l: "starting app shell" in l, 0.5)
+            p.stdout, lambda l: "starting app shell" in l, 1)
         assert condition_met, "Did not see 'starting app shell', stdout: {}".format(
             "".join(output))
         p.stdin.write("uefi_load virtio0\n")