diff --git a/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/kill/kill_test.rs b/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/kill/kill_test.rs
index f033eb0a6..4ffcb31da 100644
--- a/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/kill/kill_test.rs
+++ b/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/kill/kill_test.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use oci_spec::runtime::{ProcessBuilder, Spec, SpecBuilder};
 use test_framework::{Test, TestGroup, TestResult};
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ fn kill_stopped_container_test() -> TestResult {
         TestResult::Passed => {}
         _ => return TestResult::Failed(anyhow!("Failed to start container")),
     }
+    container.waiting_for_status(Duration::from_secs(10), Duration::from_secs(1), "stopped");
     let result = match container.kill() {
         TestResult::Failed(_) => TestResult::Passed,
         TestResult::Passed => TestResult::Failed(anyhow!("Expected failure but got success")),
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ fn kill_start_container_test() -> TestResult {
         }
         _ => unreachable!(),
     }
+    container.waiting_for_status(Duration::from_secs(10), Duration::from_secs(1), "running");
     let result = container.kill();
     container.delete();
     result
diff --git a/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/lifecycle/container_lifecycle.rs b/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/lifecycle/container_lifecycle.rs
index d69653ada..c4cdcfd88 100644
--- a/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/lifecycle/container_lifecycle.rs
+++ b/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/lifecycle/container_lifecycle.rs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ impl ContainerLifecycle {
         &self,
         retry_timeout: Duration,
         poll_interval: Duration,
-        target_status: String,
+        target_status: &str,
     ) -> TestResult {
         let start = Instant::now();
         while start.elapsed() < retry_timeout {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ impl ContainerLifecycle {
             }
             sleep(poll_interval);
         }
-        return TestResult::Failed(anyhow!("error pod status is not update"));
+        TestResult::Failed(anyhow!("error pod status is not update"))
     }
 }