diff --git a/cypress/integration/User.Block.feature b/cypress/integration/User.Block.feature
index 9033ab8a9..ada742d44 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/User.Block.feature
+++ b/cypress/integration/User.Block.feature
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Feature: User - block an user
     Given "harassing-user" wrote a post "You can still see my posts"
     And I block the user "Harassing User"
     When I search for "see"
+    And I wait for 750 milliseconds
     Then I should see the following posts in the select dropdown:
       | title                      |
       | You can still see my posts |
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ Feature: User - block an user
     And I am logged in as "harassing-user"
     And I navigate to page "/"
     And I search for "previously created"
+    And I wait for 750 milliseconds
     Then I should see the following posts in the select dropdown:
       | title                   |
       | previously created post |
diff --git a/cypress/integration/User.Mute.feature b/cypress/integration/User.Mute.feature
index d08513694..999ee40e5 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/User.Mute.feature
+++ b/cypress/integration/User.Mute.feature
@@ -33,15 +33,18 @@ Feature: Mute a User
   Scenario: Posts of muted users are filtered from search results, users are not
     Given "annoying-user" wrote a post "Spam Spam Spam"
     When I search for "Spam"
+    And I wait for 750 milliseconds
     Then I should see the following posts in the select dropdown:
       | title          |
       | Spam Spam Spam |
     When I mute the user "Annoying User"
     And I refresh the page
     And I search for "Anno"
+    And I wait for 750 milliseconds
     Then the search should not contain posts by the annoying user
     But the search should contain the annoying user
     But I search for "not muted"
+    And I wait for 750 milliseconds
     Then I should see the following posts in the select dropdown:
       | title                    |
       | Post that should be seen |
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ Feature: Mute a User
     And I am logged in as "annoying-user"
     And I navigate to page "/"
     And I search for "previously created"
+    And I wait for 750 milliseconds
     Then I should see the following posts in the select dropdown:
       | title                   |
       | previously created post |