diff --git a/nixos/tests/k3s/auto-deploy.nix b/nixos/tests/k3s/auto-deploy.nix
index d60aede950e7..11eed4aef95f 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/k3s/auto-deploy.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/k3s/auto-deploy.nix
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix (
       machine.succeed("ls /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/hello.yaml")
 
       # check if container images got imported
-      machine.succeed("crictl img | grep 'test\.local/pause'")
-      machine.succeed("crictl img | grep 'test\.local/hello'")
+      machine.wait_until_succeeds("crictl img | grep 'test\.local/pause'")
+      machine.wait_until_succeeds("crictl img | grep 'test\.local/hello'")
 
       # check if resources of manifests got created
       machine.wait_until_succeeds("kubectl get ns foo")