diff --git a/tests/test_resources/test_clusters/test_cluster.py b/tests/test_resources/test_clusters/test_cluster.py
index 8ab6d02d8..88131da6e 100644
--- a/tests/test_resources/test_clusters/test_cluster.py
+++ b/tests/test_resources/test_clusters/test_cluster.py
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ def test_cluster_run_within_cluster(self, cluster):
         remote_run = rh.function(run_in_no_env).to(cluster)
         res = remote_run("echo hello")
         assert res[0][0] == 0
-        assert res[0][1] == "hello\n"
+        assert res[0][1].strip() == "hello"
 
     @pytest.mark.level("local")
     @pytest.mark.clustertest
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 3aeac1ba4..68b2b3bb9 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def friend_account_in_org():
 
 def test_env(logged_in=False):
     return rh.env(
-        reqs=["pytest", "httpx", "pytest_asyncio", "pandas"],
+        reqs=["pytest", "httpx", "pytest_asyncio", "pandas", "'numpy<=1.26.4'"],
         working_dir=None,
         setup_cmds=[
             f"mkdir -p ~/.rh; touch ~/.rh/config.yaml; "