diff --git a/ktlint/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/BaseCLITest.kt b/ktlint/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/BaseCLITest.kt
index 2b66a9b5f3..93606da8dd 100644
--- a/ktlint/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/BaseCLITest.kt
+++ b/ktlint/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/BaseCLITest.kt
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ abstract class BaseCLITest {
 
     companion object {
         private const val WAIT_INTERVAL_DURATION = 100L
-        private const val WAIT_INTERVAL_MAX_OCCURRENCES = 100
+        private const val WAIT_INTERVAL_MAX_OCCURRENCES = 1000
         val testProjectsPath: Path = Paths.get("src", "test", "resources", "cli")
         const val BASE_DIR_PLACEHOLDER = "__TEMP_DIR__"
     }
diff --git a/ktlint/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/SimpleCLITest.kt b/ktlint/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/SimpleCLITest.kt
index 77bb3e65dd..82cb9cefd8 100644
--- a/ktlint/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/SimpleCLITest.kt
+++ b/ktlint/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/SimpleCLITest.kt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class SimpleCLITest : BaseCLITest() {
             "too-many-empty-lines",
             listOf("SomeOtherFile.kt"),
         ) {
-            assertErrorExitCode()
+            assertNormalExitCode()
 
             assert(normalOutput.find { it.contains("No files matched [SomeOtherFile.kt]") } != null) {
                 "Unexpected output:\n${normalOutput.joinToString(separator = "\n")}"