diff --git a/e2e/deployment/deployment.go b/e2e/deployment/deployment.go
index a8a7f1fb5f01..aa21a5d44521 100644
--- a/e2e/deployment/deployment.go
+++ b/e2e/deployment/deployment.go
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ func (tc *DeploymentTest) TestDeploymentAutoPromote(f *framework.F) {
 
 	// Deployment is eventually running
 	e2eutil.WaitForDeployment(t, nomadClient, deploy.ID, run, structs.DeploymentStatusDescriptionRunning)
+
+	deploy, _, _ = nomadClient.Deployments().Info(deploy.ID, nil)
 	require.Equal(t, run, deploy.Status)
 	require.Equal(t, structs.DeploymentStatusDescriptionRunning, deploy.StatusDescription)
 }
diff --git a/e2e/deployment/input/deployment_auto0.nomad b/e2e/deployment/input/deployment_auto0.nomad
index 35aa278a243c..badf549ac535 100644
--- a/e2e/deployment/input/deployment_auto0.nomad
+++ b/e2e/deployment/input/deployment_auto0.nomad
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ job "deployment_auto.nomad" {
       max_parallel = 2
       auto_promote = true
       canary = 2
-      min_healthy_time = "5s"
+      min_healthy_time = "2s"
     }
 
     task "two" {
diff --git a/e2e/deployment/input/deployment_auto1.nomad b/e2e/deployment/input/deployment_auto1.nomad
index 6aba18a23c2b..c1713e63b525 100644
--- a/e2e/deployment/input/deployment_auto1.nomad
+++ b/e2e/deployment/input/deployment_auto1.nomad
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ job "deployment_auto.nomad" {
       max_parallel = 2
       auto_promote = true
       canary = 2
-      min_healthy_time = "5s"
+      min_healthy_time = "2s"
     }
 
     task "two" {
diff --git a/e2e/e2e_test.go b/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 264832340806..10fde5f5a66e 100644
--- a/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/clientstate"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/consul"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/consultemplate"
+	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/deployment"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/example"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/nomad09upgrade"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/nomadexec"
diff --git a/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go b/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go
index 1348a5646d1e..212282cda82a 100644
--- a/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go
+++ b/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go
@@ -130,6 +130,6 @@ func WaitForDeployment(t *testing.T, nomadClient *api.Client, deployID string, s
 		)
 
 	}, func(err error) {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to wait on alloc: %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("failed to wait on deployment: %v", err)
 	})
 }