diff --git a/tests/scalers/external-scaler.sj.test.ts b/tests/scalers/external-scaler.sj.test.ts
index 5a5586ddc10..d204d888015 100644
--- a/tests/scalers/external-scaler.sj.test.ts
+++ b/tests/scalers/external-scaler.sj.test.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ test.serial("Deployment should scale up to maxReplicaCount", async t => {
         "Modifying scaled job should work"
     )
 
-    t.true(await waitForJobCount(maxReplicaCount, testNamespace, 60, 1000),`Replica count should be 0 after 1 minute`)
+    t.true(await waitForJobCount(maxReplicaCount, testNamespace, 60, 1000),`Replica count should be ${maxReplicaCount} after 1 minute`)
 })
 
 test.serial("Deployment should scale back down to 0", async t => {
diff --git a/tests/scalers/helpers.ts b/tests/scalers/helpers.ts
index bbf796e86d2..8d80c37b9d3 100644
--- a/tests/scalers/helpers.ts
+++ b/tests/scalers/helpers.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ export async function waitForJobCount(target: number, namespace: string, iterati
     for (let i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
         let jobCountStr = sh.exec(`kubectl get job --namespace ${namespace} | wc -l`).stdout.replace(/[\r\n]/g,"")
         try {
-            const jobCount = parseInt(jobCountStr, 10)
+            let jobCount = parseInt(jobCountStr, 10)
+            // This method counts also the header line in the output, so we have to remove 1 if the jobCount is > 1
+            if (jobCount > 0) {
+                jobCount--
+            }
+
             if (jobCount === target) {
                 return true
             }
diff --git a/tests/scalers/mongodb.test.ts b/tests/scalers/mongodb.test.ts
index c76ddb317b0..15f33a065b5 100644
--- a/tests/scalers/mongodb.test.ts
+++ b/tests/scalers/mongodb.test.ts
@@ -83,10 +83,7 @@ test.serial(`Job should scale to 5 then back to 0`, async t => {
         'insert 5 mongo record'
     )
 
-    // maxJobCount = real Job + first line of output
-    const maxJobCount = 6
-
-    t.true(await waitForJobCount(maxJobCount, testNamespace, 60, 1000), `Job count should be ${maxJobCount} after 60 seconds`)
+    t.true(await waitForJobCount(5, testNamespace, 60, 1000), `Job count should be ${maxJobCount} after 60 seconds`)
 
     // Process elements