diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-job.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-job.yaml
index c8c97a7f..7c07194d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-job.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-job.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        otp_version: ['25', '26', '27']
+        otp_version: ['26', '27']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 6e8c9e03..a6d5a72f 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %% vim:ft=erlang:
-{minimum_otp_vsn, "24.0"}.
+{minimum_otp_vsn, "26.0"}.
 
-{deps, [{ra, "2.15.0"},
+{deps, [{ra, "2.16.0"},
         {horus, "0.3.1"}]}.
 
 {project_plugins, [rebar3_proper,
diff --git a/rebar.lock b/rebar.lock
index c48aae2d..fa9d7756 100644
--- a/rebar.lock
+++ b/rebar.lock
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 {"1.2.0",
 [{<<"aten">>,{pkg,<<"aten">>,<<"0.6.0">>},1},
- {<<"gen_batch_server">>,{pkg,<<"gen_batch_server">>,<<"0.8.8">>},1},
+ {<<"gen_batch_server">>,{pkg,<<"gen_batch_server">>,<<"0.8.9">>},1},
  {<<"horus">>,{pkg,<<"horus">>,<<"0.3.1">>},0},
- {<<"ra">>,{pkg,<<"ra">>,<<"2.15.0">>},0},
+ {<<"ra">>,{pkg,<<"ra">>,<<"2.16.0">>},0},
  {<<"seshat">>,{pkg,<<"seshat">>,<<"0.6.0">>},1}]}.
 [
 {pkg_hash,[
  {<<"aten">>, <<"7A57B275A6DAF515AC3683FB9853E280B4D0DCDD74292FD66AC4A01C8694F8C7">>},
- {<<"gen_batch_server">>, <<"7840A1FA63EE1EFFC83E8A91D22664847A2BA1192D30EAFFFD914ACB51578068">>},
+ {<<"gen_batch_server">>, <<"1C6BC0F530BF8C17E8B4ACC20C2CC369FFA5BEE2B46DE01E21410745F24B1BC9">>},
  {<<"horus">>, <<"A5274C96E15924C28413752617B06050E4B08C04628B88209AFF9EA076F2BCB5">>},
- {<<"ra">>, <<"23D77CE1D4A8F69271467A847BA989815D1DAFC4F0762527F566E61D240E1EE2">>},
+ {<<"ra">>, <<"E3E63AD1359B97E027DBD77ED2DAAFCCD881F19200416E6F0AFB2F725CCC84CF">>},
  {<<"seshat">>, <<"3172EB1D7A2A4F66108CD6933A4E465AFF80F84AA90ED83F047B92F636123CCD">>}]},
 {pkg_hash_ext,[
  {<<"aten">>, <<"5F39A164206AE3F211EF5880B1F7819415686436E3229D30B6A058564FBAA168">>},
- {<<"gen_batch_server">>, <<"C3E6A1A2A0FB62AEE631A98CFA0FD8903E9562422CBF72043953E2FB1D203017">>},
+ {<<"gen_batch_server">>, <<"C8581FE4A4B6BCCF91E53CE6A8C7E6C27C8C591BAB5408B160166463F5579C22">>},
  {<<"horus">>, <<"D564D30EBC274F0D92C3D44A336D0B892F000BE159912AE4E6838701E85495EC">>},
- {<<"ra">>, <<"CFC0DBE5EBBD54F44081F95EA6A1DAEB28A89DF82AA9BAA234F68ABBB36BDC67">>},
+ {<<"ra">>, <<"7CDF7894F1F542AEAA3D9E6F3209AAB6EFE9A1CDD1D81DE9587C3EA23629B0E3">>},
  {<<"seshat">>, <<"7CEF700F92831DD7CAE6A6DD223CCC55AC88ECCE0631EE9AB0F2B5FB70E79B90">>}]}
 ].
diff --git a/src/khepri_cluster.erl b/src/khepri_cluster.erl
index 67657528..19533993 100644
--- a/src/khepri_cluster.erl
+++ b/src/khepri_cluster.erl
@@ -866,13 +866,13 @@ do_join_locked(StoreId, ThisMember, RemoteNode, Timeout) ->
     end.
 
 wait_for_cluster_change_permitted(RaMemberOrStoreId, Timeout) ->
-    Ret = wait_for_leader(RaMemberOrStoreId, Timeout),
+    Ret = do_wait_for_leader(RaMemberOrStoreId, false, Timeout),
 
     %% We wait for an additional fixed amount of time because the
     %% cluster could have a leader and still not be ready to accept
     %% a cluster change. This avoids too many retries that will
     %% just eat resources.
-    timer:sleep(200),
+    timer:sleep(?TRANSIENT_ERROR_RETRY_INTERVAL),
 
     Ret.
 
@@ -954,8 +954,18 @@ do_reset(RaSystem, StoreId, ThisMember, Timeout) ->
                 Ret2 = wait_for_cluster_change_permitted(StoreId, Timeout1),
                 Timeout2 = khepri_utils:end_timeout_window(Timeout1, T2),
                 case Ret2 of
-                    ok    -> do_reset(RaSystem, StoreId, ThisMember, Timeout2);
-                    Error -> Error
+                    ok ->
+                        do_reset(RaSystem, StoreId, ThisMember, Timeout2);
+                    {error, noproc} ->
+                        ?LOG_DEBUG(
+                           "The local Ra server exited while we were waiting "
+                           "for it to be ready for a membership change. It "
+                           "means it was removed from the cluster by another "
+                           "member; we can proceed with the reset."),
+                        forget_store(StoreId),
+                        ok;
+                    Error ->
+                        Error
                 end
             catch
                 exit:{normal, _} ->
@@ -1183,7 +1193,8 @@ do_query_members(StoreId, RaServer, QueryType, Timeout) ->
           when ?HAS_TIME_LEFT(Timeout) andalso
                (Reason == noconnection orelse
                 Reason == nodedown orelse
-                Reason == shutdown) ->
+                Reason == shutdown orelse
+                Reason == normal) ->
             NewTimeout0 = khepri_utils:end_timeout_window(Timeout, T0),
             NewTimeout = khepri_utils:sleep(
                            ?TRANSIENT_ERROR_RETRY_INTERVAL, NewTimeout0),
@@ -1317,24 +1328,29 @@ wait_for_leader(StoreIdOrRaServer) ->
 %%
 %% @returns `ok' if a leader was elected or an `{error, Reason}' tuple.
 
-wait_for_leader(StoreId, Timeout) when is_atom(StoreId) ->
+wait_for_leader(StoreIdOrRaServer, Timeout) ->
+    do_wait_for_leader(StoreIdOrRaServer, true, Timeout).
+
+do_wait_for_leader(StoreId, WaitForProcToStart, Timeout)
+  when is_atom(StoreId) ->
     ThisMember = this_member(StoreId),
-    wait_for_leader(ThisMember, Timeout);
-wait_for_leader(RaServer, Timeout) ->
+    do_wait_for_leader(ThisMember, WaitForProcToStart, Timeout);
+do_wait_for_leader(RaServer, WaitForProcToStart, Timeout) ->
     T0 = khepri_utils:start_timeout_window(Timeout),
     case ra:members(RaServer, Timeout) of
         {ok, _Members, _LeaderId} ->
             ok;
         {error, Reason}
           when ?HAS_TIME_LEFT(Timeout) andalso
-               (Reason == noproc orelse
+               ((Reason == noproc andalso WaitForProcToStart) orelse
                 Reason == noconnection orelse
                 Reason == nodedown orelse
-                Reason == shutdown) ->
+                Reason == shutdown orelse
+                Reason == normal) ->
             NewTimeout0 = khepri_utils:end_timeout_window(Timeout, T0),
             NewTimeout = khepri_utils:sleep(
                            ?TRANSIENT_ERROR_RETRY_INTERVAL, NewTimeout0),
-            wait_for_leader(RaServer, NewTimeout);
+            do_wait_for_leader(RaServer, WaitForProcToStart, NewTimeout);
         {timeout, _} ->
             {error, timeout};
         {error, _} = Error ->
diff --git a/test/cluster_SUITE.erl b/test/cluster_SUITE.erl
index fc33167a..8199b32f 100644
--- a/test/cluster_SUITE.erl
+++ b/test/cluster_SUITE.erl
@@ -423,9 +423,15 @@ fail_to_start_with_bad_ra_server_config(Config) ->
               _},
              _}} ->
                true;
+           {error,
+            {{bad_action_from_state_function,
+               {{timeout, tick}, not_a_timeout, tick_timeout}},
+             _}} ->
+               true;
            {error, noproc} ->
                true;
            _ ->
+               ct:pal("Unexpected return value:~n~p", [Ret]),
                false
        end),