diff --git a/aio/content/examples/attribute-directives/e2e/src/app.e2e-spec.ts b/aio/content/examples/attribute-directives/e2e/src/app.e2e-spec.ts
index ebc9d5e986..00ef4e33c6 100644
--- a/aio/content/examples/attribute-directives/e2e/src/app.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/aio/content/examples/attribute-directives/e2e/src/app.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ describe('Attribute directives', () => {
   it('should be able to select green highlight', () => {
     const highlightedEle = element(by.cssContainingText('p', 'Highlight me!'));
     const lightGreen = 'rgba(144, 238, 144, 1)';
+    const getBgColor = () => highlightedEle.getCssValue('background-color');
 
     expect(highlightedEle.getCssValue('background-color')).not.toEqual(lightGreen);
 
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ describe('Attribute directives', () => {
     greenRb.click();
     browser.actions().mouseMove(highlightedEle).perform();
 
-    expect(highlightedEle.getCssValue('background-color')).toEqual(lightGreen);
+    // Wait for up to 2s for the background color to be updated,
+    // to account for slow environments (e.g. CI).
+    browser.wait(() => highlightedEle.getCssValue('background-color').then(c => c === lightGreen), 2000);
   });
 });
diff --git a/aio/content/examples/dependency-injection-in-action/e2e/src/app.e2e-spec.ts b/aio/content/examples/dependency-injection-in-action/e2e/src/app.e2e-spec.ts
index 07ab501be7..00dd11868c 100644
--- a/aio/content/examples/dependency-injection-in-action/e2e/src/app.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/aio/content/examples/dependency-injection-in-action/e2e/src/app.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -73,8 +73,12 @@ describe('Dependency Injection Cookbook', function () {
       let yellow = 'rgba(255, 255, 0, 1)';
 
       expect(target.getCssValue('background-color')).not.toEqual(yellow);
-      browser.actions().mouseMove(target.getWebElement()).perform();
-      expect(target.getCssValue('background-color')).toEqual(yellow);
+
+      browser.actions().mouseMove(target).perform();
+
+      // Wait for up to 2s for the background color to be updated,
+      // to account for slow environments (e.g. CI).
+      browser.wait(() => target.getCssValue('background-color').then(c => c === yellow), 2000);
     });
 
     describe('in Parent Finder', function () {