diff --git a/playbooks/zuul-operator-functional/test.yaml b/playbooks/zuul-operator-functional/test.yaml
index 46bb568..798bf27 100644
--- a/playbooks/zuul-operator-functional/test.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/zuul-operator-functional/test.yaml
@@ -164,9 +164,10 @@
       delay: 1
 
     - name: connect to console-stream
-      command: |
-        wsdump -r --eof-wait 5 -t '{"uuid":"{{ _job_uuid.stdout_lines[0] }}","logfile":"console.log"}' {{ zuul_ws_url }}/api/tenant/local/console-stream
+      shell: |
+        (sleep 60; echo "") | wsdump -r -t '{"uuid":"{{ _job_uuid.stdout_lines[0] }}","logfile":"console.log"}' {{ zuul_ws_url }}/api/tenant/local/console-stream
       register: console_stream
+      failed_when: false
 
     - name: show console stream
       debug:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d2ad579..69276c5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ kopf<1.31.0
 kubernetes
 jinja2
 pymysql
-pykube-ng
+pykube-ng<22.6.0