diff --git a/packages/client-common/__tests__/integration/abort_request.test.ts b/packages/client-common/__tests__/integration/abort_request.test.ts
index 4ee91c7d..92b1543a 100644
--- a/packages/client-common/__tests__/integration/abort_request.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client-common/__tests__/integration/abort_request.test.ts
@@ -13,22 +13,6 @@ describe('abort request', () => {
   })
 
   describe('select', () => {
-    it('cancels a select query before it is sent', async () => {
-      const controller = new AbortController()
-      const selectPromise = client.query({
-        query: 'SELECT sleep(3)',
-        format: 'CSV',
-        abort_signal: controller.signal,
-      })
-      controller.abort()
-
-      await expectAsync(selectPromise).toBeRejectedWith(
-        jasmine.objectContaining({
-          message: jasmine.stringMatching('The user aborted a request'),
-        }),
-      )
-    })
-
     it('cancels a select query after it is sent', async () => {
       const controller = new AbortController()
       const selectPromise = client.query({
diff --git a/packages/client-common/src/utils/sleep.ts b/packages/client-common/src/utils/sleep.ts
index f5b17f23..5ed82bc0 100644
--- a/packages/client-common/src/utils/sleep.ts
+++ b/packages/client-common/src/utils/sleep.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
-export async function sleep(ms: number) {
-  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
+export async function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
+  await new Promise((resolve) =>
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      resolve(void 0)
+    }, ms),
+  )
 }
diff --git a/packages/client-node/__tests__/integration/node_abort_request.test.ts b/packages/client-node/__tests__/integration/node_abort_request.test.ts
index f681def6..afed9784 100644
--- a/packages/client-node/__tests__/integration/node_abort_request.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client-node/__tests__/integration/node_abort_request.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { createTestClient, guid } from '@test/utils'
 import type Stream from 'stream'
 import { makeObjectStream } from '../utils/stream'
 
-describe('[Node.js] abort request streaming', () => {
+describe('[Node.js] abort request', () => {
   let client: ClickHouseClient<Stream.Readable>
 
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -16,6 +16,23 @@ describe('[Node.js] abort request streaming', () => {
     await client.close()
   })
 
+  it('cancels a select query before it is sent', async () => {
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    const selectPromise = client.query({
+      query: 'SELECT sleep(3)',
+      format: 'CSV',
+      abort_signal: controller.signal,
+    })
+    controller.abort()
+
+    await expectAsync(selectPromise).toBeRejectedWith(
+      jasmine.objectContaining({
+        // this happens even before we instantiate the request and its listeners, so that is just a plain AbortError
+        name: 'AbortError',
+      }),
+    )
+  })
+
   it('cancels a select query while reading response', async () => {
     const controller = new AbortController()
     const selectPromise = client
@@ -136,7 +153,8 @@ describe('[Node.js] abort request streaming', () => {
 
       await expectAsync(insertPromise).toBeRejectedWith(
         jasmine.objectContaining({
-          message: jasmine.stringMatching('The user aborted a request'),
+          // this happens even before we instantiate the request and its listeners, so that is just a plain AbortError
+          name: 'AbortError',
         }),
       )
     })
diff --git a/packages/client-node/__tests__/integration/node_client.test.ts b/packages/client-node/__tests__/integration/node_client.test.ts
index 994891a5..601d6805 100644
--- a/packages/client-node/__tests__/integration/node_client.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client-node/__tests__/integration/node_client.test.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ describe('[Node.js] Client', () => {
     const selectPromise = client.query({
       query: 'SELECT * FROM system.numbers LIMIT 5',
     })
-    emitResponseBody(clientRequest, 'hi')
+    await emitResponseBody(clientRequest, 'hi')
     await selectPromise
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_client.test.ts b/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_client.test.ts
index de42c3fd..70aaedc5 100644
--- a/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_client.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_client.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import * as c from '../../src/connection/create_connection'
 
 describe('[Node.js] createClient', () => {
   it('throws on incorrect "url" config value', () => {
-    expect(() => createClient({ url: 'foo' })).toThrow(
+    expect(() => createClient({ url: 'foobar' })).toThrow(
       jasmine.objectContaining({
         message: jasmine.stringContaining('ClickHouse URL is malformed.'),
       }),
diff --git a/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_connection.test.ts b/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_connection.test.ts
index 440c5cc9..5c63be08 100644
--- a/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_connection.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_connection.test.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe('[Node.js] Connection', () => {
         query: 'SELECT * FROM system.numbers LIMIT 5',
       })
       const responseBody1 = 'foobar'
-      emitResponseBody(request1, responseBody1)
+      await emitResponseBody(request1, responseBody1)
       const queryResult1 = await selectPromise1
 
       const request2 = stubClientRequest()
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('[Node.js] Connection', () => {
         query: 'SELECT * FROM system.numbers LIMIT 5',
       })
       const responseBody2 = 'qaz'
-      emitResponseBody(request2, responseBody2)
+      await emitResponseBody(request2, responseBody2)
       const queryResult2 = await selectPromise2
 
       await assertConnQueryResult(queryResult1, responseBody1)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ describe('[Node.js] Connection', () => {
         query_id,
       })
       const responseBody = 'foobar'
-      emitResponseBody(request, responseBody)
+      await emitResponseBody(request, responseBody)
       const { stream } = await selectPromise
       expect(await getAsText(stream)).toBe(responseBody)
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe('[Node.js] Connection', () => {
         query: 'SELECT * FROM system.numbers LIMIT 5',
       })
       const responseBody1 = 'foobar'
-      emitResponseBody(request1, responseBody1)
+      await emitResponseBody(request1, responseBody1)
       const queryResult1 = await execPromise1
 
       const request2 = stubClientRequest()
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ describe('[Node.js] Connection', () => {
         query: 'SELECT * FROM system.numbers LIMIT 5',
       })
       const responseBody2 = 'qaz'
-      emitResponseBody(request2, responseBody2)
+      await emitResponseBody(request2, responseBody2)
       const queryResult2 = await execPromise2
 
       await assertConnQueryResult(queryResult1, responseBody1)
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ describe('[Node.js] Connection', () => {
         query_id,
       })
       const responseBody = 'foobar'
-      emitResponseBody(request, responseBody)
+      await emitResponseBody(request, responseBody)
       const { stream } = await execPromise
       expect(await getAsText(stream)).toBe(responseBody)
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ describe('[Node.js] Connection', () => {
       const cmdPromise = adapter.command({
         query: 'SELECT * FROM system.numbers LIMIT 5',
       })
-      emitResponseBody(request1, 'Ok.')
+      await emitResponseBody(request1, 'Ok.')
       const { query_id } = await cmdPromise
 
       const request2 = stubClientRequest()
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ describe('[Node.js] Connection', () => {
       const cmdPromise2 = adapter.command({
         query: 'SELECT * FROM system.numbers LIMIT 5',
       })
-      emitResponseBody(request2, 'Ok.')
+      await emitResponseBody(request2, 'Ok.')
       const { query_id: query_id2 } = await cmdPromise2
 
       expect(query_id).not.toEqual(query_id2)
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ describe('[Node.js] Connection', () => {
         query: 'SELECT * FROM system.numbers LIMIT 5',
         query_id,
       })
-      emitResponseBody(request, 'Ok.')
+      await emitResponseBody(request, 'Ok.')
       const { query_id: result_query_id } = await cmdPromise
 
       expect(httpRequestStub).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ describe('[Node.js] Connection', () => {
         values: 'foobar',
       })
       const responseBody1 = 'foobar'
-      emitResponseBody(request1, responseBody1)
+      await emitResponseBody(request1, responseBody1)
       const { query_id: queryId1 } = await insertPromise1
 
       const request2 = stubClientRequest()
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ describe('[Node.js] Connection', () => {
         values: 'foobar',
       })
       const responseBody2 = 'qaz'
-      emitResponseBody(request2, responseBody2)
+      await emitResponseBody(request2, responseBody2)
       const { query_id: queryId2 } = await insertPromise2
 
       assertQueryId(queryId1)
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ describe('[Node.js] Connection', () => {
         query_id,
       })
       const responseBody = 'foobar'
-      emitResponseBody(request, responseBody)
+      await emitResponseBody(request, responseBody)
       await insertPromise
 
       const [url] = httpRequestStub.calls.mostRecent().args
diff --git a/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_connection_compression.test.ts b/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_connection_compression.test.ts
index b03b14be..52b469e4 100644
--- a/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_connection_compression.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_connection_compression.test.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ import {
 } from '../utils/http_stubs'
 
 describe('Node.js Connection compression', () => {
+  let httpRequestStub: jasmine.Spy<typeof Http.request>
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    httpRequestStub = spyOn(Http, 'request')
+  })
+
   describe('response decompression', () => {
     it('hints ClickHouse server to send a gzip compressed response if compress_request: true', async () => {
       const request = stubClientRequest()
-      const httpRequestStub = spyOn(Http, 'request').and.returnValue(request)
+      httpRequestStub.and.returnValue(request)
 
       const adapter = buildHttpConnection({
         compression: {
@@ -41,7 +46,8 @@ describe('Node.js Connection compression', () => {
 
     it('does not send a compression algorithm hint if compress_request: false', async () => {
       const request = stubClientRequest()
-      const httpRequestStub = spyOn(Http, 'request').and.returnValue(request)
+      httpRequestStub.and.returnValue(request)
+
       const adapter = buildHttpConnection({
         compression: {
           decompress_response: false,
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ describe('Node.js Connection compression', () => {
       })
 
       const responseBody = 'foobar'
-      emitResponseBody(request, responseBody)
+      await emitResponseBody(request, responseBody)
 
       const queryResult = await selectPromise
       await assertConnQueryResult(queryResult, responseBody)
@@ -66,7 +72,8 @@ describe('Node.js Connection compression', () => {
 
     it('uses request-specific settings over config settings', async () => {
       const request = stubClientRequest()
-      const httpRequestStub = spyOn(Http, 'request').and.returnValue(request)
+      httpRequestStub.and.returnValue(request)
+
       const adapter = buildHttpConnection({
         compression: {
           decompress_response: false,
@@ -94,7 +101,8 @@ describe('Node.js Connection compression', () => {
 
     it('decompresses a gzip response', async () => {
       const request = stubClientRequest()
-      spyOn(Http, 'request').and.returnValue(request)
+      httpRequestStub.and.returnValue(request)
+
       const adapter = buildHttpConnection({
         compression: {
           decompress_response: true,
@@ -115,7 +123,7 @@ describe('Node.js Connection compression', () => {
 
     it('throws on an unexpected encoding', async () => {
       const request = stubClientRequest()
-      spyOn(Http, 'request').and.returnValue(request)
+      httpRequestStub.and.returnValue(request)
       const adapter = buildHttpConnection({
         compression: {
           decompress_response: true,
@@ -138,7 +146,7 @@ describe('Node.js Connection compression', () => {
 
     it('provides decompression error to a stream consumer', async () => {
       const request = stubClientRequest()
-      spyOn(Http, 'request').and.returnValue(request)
+      httpRequestStub.and.returnValue(request)
       const adapter = buildHttpConnection({
         compression: {
           decompress_response: true,
@@ -151,6 +159,7 @@ describe('Node.js Connection compression', () => {
       })
 
       // No GZIP encoding for the body here
+      await sleep(0)
       request.emit(
         'response',
         buildIncomingMessage({
@@ -196,13 +205,12 @@ describe('Node.js Connection compression', () => {
           next()
         },
         final() {
-          Zlib.unzip(chunks, (err, result) => {
+          Zlib.unzip(chunks, (_err, result) => {
             finalResult = result
           })
         },
       }) as ClientRequest
-
-      const httpRequestStub = spyOn(Http, 'request').and.returnValue(request)
+      httpRequestStub.and.returnValue(request)
 
       void adapter.insert({
         query: 'INSERT INTO insert_compression_table',
@@ -210,9 +218,10 @@ describe('Node.js Connection compression', () => {
       })
 
       // trigger stream pipeline
+      await sleep(0)
       request.emit('socket', socketStub)
-
       await sleep(100)
+
       expect(finalResult!.toString('utf8')).toEqual(values)
       expect(httpRequestStub).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
       const calledWith = httpRequestStub.calls.mostRecent().args[1]
diff --git a/packages/client-node/__tests__/utils/http_stubs.ts b/packages/client-node/__tests__/utils/http_stubs.ts
index e5c79a9a..4304dedd 100644
--- a/packages/client-node/__tests__/utils/http_stubs.ts
+++ b/packages/client-node/__tests__/utils/http_stubs.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { LogWriter } from '@clickhouse/client-common'
-import { TestLogger } from '@test/utils'
+import { sleep, TestLogger } from '@test/utils'
 import { randomUUID } from '@test/utils/guid'
 import type Http from 'http'
 import type { ClientRequest } from 'http'
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ export function stubClientRequest(): ClientRequest {
   return request
 }
 
-export function emitResponseBody(
+export async function emitResponseBody(
   request: Http.ClientRequest,
   body: string | Buffer | undefined,
 ) {
+  await sleep(0)
   request.emit(
     'response',
     buildIncomingMessage({
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ export async function emitCompressedBody(
   body: string | Buffer,
   encoding = 'gzip',
 ) {
+  await sleep(0)
   const compressedBody = await gzip(body)
   request.emit(
     'response',
diff --git a/packages/client-web/__tests__/integration/web_abort_request.test.ts b/packages/client-web/__tests__/integration/web_abort_request.test.ts
index 9a7acaa2..426fee70 100644
--- a/packages/client-web/__tests__/integration/web_abort_request.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client-web/__tests__/integration/web_abort_request.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { ClickHouseClient, Row } from '@clickhouse/client-common'
 import { createTestClient } from '@test/utils'
 
-describe('[Web] abort request streaming', () => {
+describe('[Web] abort request', () => {
   let client: ClickHouseClient<ReadableStream>
 
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -12,6 +12,23 @@ describe('[Web] abort request streaming', () => {
     await client.close()
   })
 
+  // a slightly different assertion vs the same Node.js test
+  it('cancels a select query before it is sent', async () => {
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    const selectPromise = client.query({
+      query: 'SELECT sleep(3)',
+      format: 'CSV',
+      abort_signal: controller.signal,
+    })
+    controller.abort()
+
+    await expectAsync(selectPromise).toBeRejectedWith(
+      jasmine.objectContaining({
+        message: jasmine.stringMatching('The user aborted a request'),
+      }),
+    )
+  })
+
   it('cancels a select query while reading response', async () => {
     const controller = new AbortController()
     const selectPromise = client