diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/BreakpointTests.cs b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/BreakpointTests.cs
index 7949ebec263fa..69a99a3fb724b 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/BreakpointTests.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/BreakpointTests.cs
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ public async Task CreateGoodBreakpointAndHitGoToNonWasmPageComeBackAndHitAgain(s
                 expression = "window.setTimeout(function() { " + func_name + "(); }, 1);"
             });
             await cli.SendCommand("Runtime.evaluate", run_method, token);
-            await Task.Delay(1000, token);
+            await WaitForEventAsync("Runtime.executionContextCreated");
 
             run_method = JObject.FromObject(new
             {
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/DebuggerTestBase.cs b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/DebuggerTestBase.cs
index 906803936c160..8f7e86d6834f3 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/DebuggerTestBase.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/DebuggerTestBase.cs
@@ -1465,17 +1465,17 @@ internal async Task<JObject> LoadAssemblyAndTestHotReload(string asm_file, strin
             return await WaitFor(Inspector.PAUSE);
         }
 
-        public async Task<JObject> WaitForBreakpointResolvedEvent()
+        public Task<JObject> WaitForBreakpointResolvedEvent() => WaitForEventAsync("Debugger.breakpointResolved");
+
+        public async Task<JObject> WaitForEventAsync(string eventName)
         {
             try
             {
-                var res = await insp.WaitForEvent("Debugger.breakpointResolved");
-                _testOutput.WriteLine ($"breakpoint resolved to {res}");
-                return res;
+                return await insp.WaitForEvent(eventName);
             }
             catch (TaskCanceledException)
             {
-                throw new XunitException($"Timed out waiting for Debugger.breakpointResolved event");
+                throw new XunitException($"Timed out waiting for {eventName} event");
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/ExceptionTests.cs b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/ExceptionTests.cs
index a0270c00b4ef6..b4fe302fb66a6 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/ExceptionTests.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/DebuggerTestSuite/ExceptionTests.cs
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ await SendCommand("Page.reload", JObject.FromObject(new
                                     {
                                         ignoreCache = true
                                     }));
-            Thread.Sleep(1000);
+            await insp.WaitFor(Inspector.APP_READY);
 
             var eval_expr = "window.setTimeout(function() { invoke_static_method (" +
                 $"'{entry_method_name}'" +
@@ -278,10 +278,9 @@ public async Task ExceptionTestAllWithReload(string entry_method_name, string cl
             var pause_location = await SendCommandAndCheck(JObject.FromObject(new
                                     {
                                         ignoreCache = true
-                                    }), "Page.reload",null, 0, 0, null);
-            Thread.Sleep(1000);
+                                    }), "Page.reload", null, 0, 0, null);
 
-            // Hit resume to skip 
+            // Hit resume to skip
             int count = 0;
             while(true)
             {