diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/network_logging.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/network_logging.go
index 35fb68f698bf..31beb2213951 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/network_logging.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/network_logging.go
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ func registerNetworkLogging(r registry.Registry) {
 			// URLs already are wrapped in '', but we need to add a timeout flag.
 			// Trim the trailing ' and re-add with the flag.
 			trimmed := strings.TrimSuffix(url, "'")
-			workloadPGURLs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%s&statement_timeout=10s'", trimmed)
+			// Define a 60s client statement timeout.
+			workloadPGURLs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%s&statement_timeout=60000'", trimmed)
 		}
 
 		// Init & run a workload on the workload node.
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/client_lease_test.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/client_lease_test.go
index 01134c494eb8..35ce53d70084 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/client_lease_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/client_lease_test.go
@@ -947,6 +947,13 @@ func TestLeasePreferencesDuringOutage(t *testing.T) {
 		locality("us", "mi"),
 		locality("us", "mi"),
 	}
+	// Disable expiration based lease transfers. It is possible that a (pseudo)
+	// dead node acquires the lease and we are forced to wait out the expiration
+	// timer, if this were not set.
+	settings := cluster.MakeTestingClusterSettings()
+	sv := &settings.SV
+	kvserver.TransferExpirationLeasesFirstEnabled.Override(ctx, sv, false)
+	kvserver.ExpirationLeasesOnly.Override(ctx, sv, false)
 	for i := 0; i < numNodes; i++ {
 		serverArgs[i] = base.TestServerArgs{
 			Locality: localities[i],