diff --git a/deployment/check/data-model-tf-proxmox/nixosTest.nix b/deployment/check/data-model-tf-proxmox/nixosTest.nix
index 4630ea92..cb7287e0 100644
--- a/deployment/check/data-model-tf-proxmox/nixosTest.nix
+++ b/deployment/check/data-model-tf-proxmox/nixosTest.nix
@@ -203,25 +203,22 @@ in
       openssl verify -CApath /etc/ssl/certs ./pve-root-ca.pem
     """)
 
+    deploy = f"""
+      ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no pve "true"
+      export SSL_CERT_FILE=/tmp/pve-ca-bundle.crt
+      export PROXMOX_VE_API_TOKEN="root@pam!mytoken={pm_token}"
+      ${lib.getExe deployment.run} | jq -r '.ipv4.value[0]'
+    """
+
     with subtest("Run the deployment"):
+      ip = deployer.succeed(deploy).strip()
 
-      ip = deployer.succeed(f"""
-        export SSL_CERT_FILE=/tmp/pve-ca-bundle.crt
-        ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no pve "true"
-        export PROXMOX_VE_API_TOKEN="root@pam!mytoken={pm_token}"
-        ${lib.getExe deployment.run} | jq -r '.ipv4.value[0]'
-      """).strip()
-
+    with subtest("Verify package"):
       deployer.succeed(f"""
         ssh -i "/root/.ssh/id_ed25519" -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o BatchMode=yes -J pve root@{ip} su - operator -c hello >&2
       """)
 
-      # no-op
-      deployer.succeed(f"""
-        export SSL_CERT_FILE=/tmp/pve-ca-bundle.crt
-        ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no pve "true"
-        export PROXMOX_VE_API_TOKEN="root@pam!mytoken={pm_token}"
-        ${lib.getExe deployment.run} >&2
-      """, timeout=300)
+    with subtest("No-op update"):
+      deployer.succeed(deploy, timeout=120)
   '';
 }