diff --git a/nomad/autopilot.go b/nomad/autopilot.go
index 3d56ef4df..c5a382ece 100644
--- a/nomad/autopilot.go
+++ b/nomad/autopilot.go
@@ -85,7 +85,10 @@ func (d *AutopilotDelegate) RemoveFailedServer(failedSrv *autopilot.Server) {
 	go func() {
 		err := d.server.RemoveFailedNode(failedSrv.Name)
 		if err != nil {
-			d.server.logger.Error("could not remove failed server", "server", string(failedSrv.ID))
+			d.server.logger.Error("could not remove failed server",
+				"server", string(failedSrv.ID),
+				"error", err,
+			)
 		}
 	}()
 }
diff --git a/nomad/autopilot_test.go b/nomad/autopilot_test.go
index 417474126..fb2afbe08 100644
--- a/nomad/autopilot_test.go
+++ b/nomad/autopilot_test.go
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	// TODO: replace this with our own helper
-	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk/testutil/retry"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/raft"
 	autopilot "github.com/hashicorp/raft-autopilot"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/serf/serf"
+	"github.com/shoenig/test/must"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/ci"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/testutil"
@@ -38,53 +37,13 @@ func wantPeers(s *Server, peers int) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// wantRaft determines if the servers have all of each other in their
-// Raft configurations,
-func wantRaft(servers []*Server) error {
-	// Make sure all the servers are represented in the Raft config,
-	// and that there are no extras.
-	verifyRaft := func(c raft.Configuration) error {
-		want := make(map[raft.ServerID]bool)
-		for _, s := range servers {
-			want[s.config.RaftConfig.LocalID] = true
-		}
-
-		found := make([]raft.ServerID, 0, len(c.Servers))
-		for _, s := range c.Servers {
-			found = append(found, s.ID)
-			if !want[s.ID] {
-				return fmt.Errorf("don't want %q", s.ID)
-			}
-			delete(want, s.ID)
-		}
-
-		if len(want) > 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("didn't find %v in %#+v", want, found)
-		}
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	for _, s := range servers {
-		future := s.raft.GetConfiguration()
-		if err := future.Error(); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if err := verifyRaft(future.Configuration()); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func TestAutopilot_CleanupDeadServer(t *testing.T) {
 	ci.Parallel(t)
-	t.Run("raft_v3", func(t *testing.T) { testCleanupDeadServer(t, 3) })
-}
 
-func testCleanupDeadServer(t *testing.T, raftVersion int) {
 	conf := func(c *Config) {
+		c.NumSchedulers = 0 // reduces test log noise
 		c.BootstrapExpect = 3
-		c.RaftConfig.ProtocolVersion = raft.ProtocolVersion(raftVersion)
+		c.RaftConfig.ProtocolVersion = raft.ProtocolVersion(3)
 	}
 
 	s1, cleanupS1 := TestServer(t, conf)
@@ -97,16 +56,11 @@ func testCleanupDeadServer(t *testing.T, raftVersion int) {
 	defer cleanupS3()
 
 	servers := []*Server{s1, s2, s3}
-
-	// Try to join
 	TestJoin(t, servers...)
 
-	for _, s := range servers {
-		testutil.WaitForLeader(t, s.RPC)
-		retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) { r.Check(wantPeers(s, 3)) })
-	}
+	t.Logf("waiting for initial stable cluster")
+	waitForStableLeadership(t, servers)
 
-	// Bring up a new server
 	s4, cleanupS4 := TestServer(t, conf)
 	defer cleanupS4()
 
@@ -115,12 +69,14 @@ func testCleanupDeadServer(t *testing.T, raftVersion int) {
 	for i, s := range servers {
 		if !s.IsLeader() {
 			killedIdx = i
+			t.Logf("killing a server (index %d)", killedIdx)
 			s.Shutdown()
 			break
 		}
 	}
 
-	retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
+	t.Logf("waiting for server loss to be detected")
+	testutil.WaitForResultUntil(10*time.Second, func() (bool, error) {
 		for i, s := range servers {
 			alive := 0
 			if i == killedIdx {
@@ -134,27 +90,26 @@ func testCleanupDeadServer(t *testing.T, raftVersion int) {
 			}
 
 			if alive != 2 {
-				r.Fatalf("expected 2 alive servers but found %v", alive)
+				return false, fmt.Errorf("expected 2 alive servers but found %v", alive)
 			}
 		}
-	})
+		return true, nil
+	}, func(err error) { must.NoError(t, err) })
 
 	// Join the new server
 	servers[killedIdx] = s4
+	t.Logf("adding server s4")
 	TestJoin(t, servers...)
 
+	t.Logf("waiting for dead server to be removed")
 	waitForStableLeadership(t, servers)
-
-	// Make sure the dead server is removed and we're back to 3 total peers
-	for _, s := range servers {
-		retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) { r.Check(wantPeers(s, 3)) })
-	}
 }
 
 func TestAutopilot_CleanupDeadServerPeriodic(t *testing.T) {
 	ci.Parallel(t)
 
 	conf := func(c *Config) {
+		c.NumSchedulers = 0 // reduces test log noise
 		c.BootstrapExpect = 5
 	}
 
@@ -174,37 +129,27 @@ func TestAutopilot_CleanupDeadServerPeriodic(t *testing.T) {
 	defer cleanupS5()
 
 	servers := []*Server{s1, s2, s3, s4, s5}
-
-	// Join the servers to s1, and wait until they are all promoted to
-	// voters.
 	TestJoin(t, servers...)
-	retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
-		r.Check(wantRaft(servers))
-		for _, s := range servers {
-			r.Check(wantPeers(s, 5))
-		}
-	})
 
-	// Kill a non-leader server
+	t.Logf("waiting for initial stable cluster")
+	waitForStableLeadership(t, servers)
+
+	t.Logf("killing a non-leader server")
 	if leader := waitForStableLeadership(t, servers); leader == s4 {
 		s1, s4 = s4, s1
 	}
 	s4.Shutdown()
 
-	// Should be removed from the peers automatically
+	t.Logf("waiting for dead peer to be removed")
 	servers = []*Server{s1, s2, s3, s5}
-	retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
-		r.Check(wantRaft(servers))
-		for _, s := range servers {
-			r.Check(wantPeers(s, 4))
-		}
-	})
+	waitForStableLeadership(t, servers)
 }
 
 func TestAutopilot_RollingUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	ci.Parallel(t)
 
 	conf := func(c *Config) {
+		c.NumSchedulers = 0 // reduces test log noise
 		c.BootstrapExpect = 3
 		c.RaftConfig.ProtocolVersion = 3
 	}
@@ -218,16 +163,11 @@ func TestAutopilot_RollingUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	s3, cleanupS3 := TestServer(t, conf)
 	defer cleanupS3()
 
-	// Join the servers to s1, and wait until they are all promoted to
-	// voters.
 	servers := []*Server{s1, s2, s3}
 	TestJoin(t, s1, s2, s3)
-	retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
-		r.Check(wantRaft(servers))
-		for _, s := range servers {
-			r.Check(wantPeers(s, 3))
-		}
-	})
+
+	t.Logf("waiting for initial stable cluster")
+	waitForStableLeadership(t, servers)
 
 	// Add one more server like we are doing a rolling update.
 	t.Logf("adding server s4")
@@ -235,53 +175,26 @@ func TestAutopilot_RollingUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	defer cleanupS4()
 	TestJoin(t, s1, s4)
 
+	// Wait for s4 to stabilize and get promoted to a voter
+	t.Logf("waiting for s4 to stabilize and be promoted")
 	servers = append(servers, s4)
-	retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
-		r.Check(wantRaft(servers))
-		for _, s := range servers {
-			r.Check(wantPeers(s, 4))
-		}
-	})
+	waitForStableLeadership(t, servers)
 
 	// Now kill one of the "old" nodes like we are doing a rolling update.
 	t.Logf("shutting down server s3")
 	s3.Shutdown()
 
-	isVoter := func() bool {
-		future := s1.raft.GetConfiguration()
-		if err := future.Error(); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
-		}
-		for _, s := range future.Configuration().Servers {
-			if string(s.ID) == string(s4.config.NodeID) {
-				return s.Suffrage == raft.Voter
-			}
-		}
-		t.Fatalf("didn't find s4")
-		return false
-	}
-
-	t.Logf("waiting for s4 to stabalize and be promoted")
-
-	// Wait for s4 to stabilize, get promoted to a voter, and for s3 to be
-	// removed.
+	// Wait for s3 to be removed and the cluster to stablize.
+	t.Logf("waiting for cluster to stabilize")
 	servers = []*Server{s1, s2, s4}
-	retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
-		r.Check(wantRaft(servers))
-		for _, s := range servers {
-			r.Check(wantPeers(s, 3))
-		}
-		if !isVoter() {
-			r.Fatalf("should be a voter")
-		}
-	})
+	waitForStableLeadership(t, servers)
 }
 
 func TestAutopilot_CleanupStaleRaftServer(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("TestAutopilot_CleanupDeadServer is very flaky, removing it for now")
 	ci.Parallel(t)
 
 	conf := func(c *Config) {
+		c.NumSchedulers = 0 // reduces test log noise
 		c.BootstrapExpect = 3
 	}
 	s1, cleanupS1 := TestServer(t, conf)
@@ -299,38 +212,27 @@ func TestAutopilot_CleanupStaleRaftServer(t *testing.T) {
 	defer cleanupS4()
 
 	servers := []*Server{s1, s2, s3}
-
-	// Join the servers to s1
 	TestJoin(t, s1, s2, s3)
 
+	t.Logf("waiting for initial stable cluster")
 	leader := waitForStableLeadership(t, servers)
 
-	// Add s4 to peers directly
+	t.Logf("adding server s4 to peers directly")
 	addr := fmt.Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%d", s4.config.RPCAddr.Port)
 	future := leader.raft.AddVoter(raft.ServerID(s4.config.NodeID), raft.ServerAddress(addr), 0, 0)
 	if err := future.Error(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	// Verify we have 4 peers
-	peers, err := s1.numPeers()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if peers != 4 {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %v", peers)
-	}
-
-	// Wait for s4 to be removed
-	for _, s := range []*Server{s1, s2, s3} {
-		retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) { r.Check(wantPeers(s, 3)) })
-	}
+	t.Logf("waiting for 4th server to be removed")
+	waitForStableLeadership(t, servers)
 }
 
 func TestAutopilot_PromoteNonVoter(t *testing.T) {
 	ci.Parallel(t)
 
 	s1, cleanupS1 := TestServer(t, func(c *Config) {
+		c.NumSchedulers = 0 // reduces test log noise
 		c.RaftConfig.ProtocolVersion = 3
 	})
 	defer cleanupS1()
@@ -339,52 +241,31 @@ func TestAutopilot_PromoteNonVoter(t *testing.T) {
 	testutil.WaitForLeader(t, s1.RPC)
 
 	s2, cleanupS2 := TestServer(t, func(c *Config) {
+		c.NumSchedulers = 0 // reduces test log noise
 		c.BootstrapExpect = 0
 		c.RaftConfig.ProtocolVersion = 3
 	})
 	defer cleanupS2()
 	TestJoin(t, s1, s2)
 
-	// Make sure we see it as a nonvoter initially. We wait until half
-	// the stabilization period has passed.
-	retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
+	// Note: we can't reliably detect that the server is initially a non-voter,
+	// because it can transition too quickly for the test setup to detect,
+	// especially in low-resource environments like CI. We'll assume that
+	// happens correctly here and only test that it transitions to become a
+	// voter.
+	testutil.WaitForResultUntil(10*time.Second, func() (bool, error) {
 		future := s1.raft.GetConfiguration()
 		if err := future.Error(); err != nil {
-			r.Fatal(err)
+			return false, err
 		}
-
 		servers := future.Configuration().Servers
 		if len(servers) != 2 {
-			r.Fatalf("bad: %v", servers)
-		}
-		if servers[1].Suffrage != raft.Nonvoter {
-			r.Fatalf("bad: %v", servers)
-		}
-		health := s1.autopilot.GetServerHealth(raft.ServerID(servers[1].ID))
-		if health == nil {
-			r.Fatalf("nil health, %v", s1.GetClusterHealth())
-		}
-		if !health.Healthy {
-			r.Fatalf("bad: %v", health)
-		}
-		if time.Since(health.StableSince) < s1.config.AutopilotConfig.ServerStabilizationTime/2 {
-			r.Fatal("stable period not elapsed")
-		}
-	})
-
-	// Make sure it ends up as a voter.
-	retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
-		future := s1.raft.GetConfiguration()
-		if err := future.Error(); err != nil {
-			r.Fatal(err)
-		}
-
-		servers := future.Configuration().Servers
-		if len(servers) != 2 {
-			r.Fatalf("bad: %v", servers)
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("expected 2 servers, got: %v", servers)
 		}
 		if servers[1].Suffrage != raft.Voter {
-			r.Fatalf("bad: %v", servers)
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("expected server to be voter: %v", servers)
 		}
-	})
+		return true, nil
+	}, func(err error) { must.NoError(t, err) })
+
 }
diff --git a/nomad/leader_test.go b/nomad/leader_test.go
index 2eab55473..534d42ddf 100644
--- a/nomad/leader_test.go
+++ b/nomad/leader_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
 	memdb "github.com/hashicorp/go-memdb"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
+	"github.com/shoenig/test/must"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/ci"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/mock"
@@ -20,9 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/testutil"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/raft"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/serf/serf"
-	"github.com/shoenig/test/must"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestLeader_LeftServer(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1134,96 +1135,6 @@ func Test_diffACLRoles(t *testing.T) {
 	require.ElementsMatch(t, []string{aclRole3.ID, aclRole4.ID}, toUpdate)
 }
 
-func TestLeader_UpgradeRaftVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	ci.Parallel(t)
-
-	s1, cleanupS1 := TestServer(t, func(c *Config) {
-		c.Datacenter = "dc1"
-		c.RaftConfig.ProtocolVersion = 2
-	})
-	defer cleanupS1()
-
-	s2, cleanupS2 := TestServer(t, func(c *Config) {
-		c.BootstrapExpect = 3
-		c.RaftConfig.ProtocolVersion = 1
-	})
-	defer cleanupS2()
-
-	s3, cleanupS3 := TestServer(t, func(c *Config) {
-		c.BootstrapExpect = 3
-		c.RaftConfig.ProtocolVersion = 2
-	})
-	defer cleanupS3()
-
-	servers := []*Server{s1, s2, s3}
-
-	// Try to join
-	TestJoin(t, s1, s2, s3)
-
-	for _, s := range servers {
-		testutil.WaitForResult(func() (bool, error) {
-			peers, _ := s.numPeers()
-			return peers == 3, nil
-		}, func(err error) {
-			t.Fatalf("should have 3 peers")
-		})
-	}
-
-	// Kill the v1 server
-	if err := s2.Leave(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	for _, s := range []*Server{s1, s3} {
-		minVer, err := s.MinRaftProtocol()
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		if got, want := minVer, 2; got != want {
-			t.Fatalf("got min raft version %d want %d", got, want)
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Replace the dead server with one running raft protocol v3
-	s4, cleanupS4 := TestServer(t, func(c *Config) {
-		c.BootstrapExpect = 3
-		c.Datacenter = "dc1"
-		c.RaftConfig.ProtocolVersion = 3
-	})
-	defer cleanupS4()
-	TestJoin(t, s1, s4)
-	servers[1] = s4
-
-	// Make sure we're back to 3 total peers with the new one added via ID
-	for _, s := range servers {
-		testutil.WaitForResult(func() (bool, error) {
-			addrs := 0
-			ids := 0
-			future := s.raft.GetConfiguration()
-			if err := future.Error(); err != nil {
-				return false, err
-			}
-			for _, server := range future.Configuration().Servers {
-				if string(server.ID) == string(server.Address) {
-					addrs++
-				} else {
-					ids++
-				}
-			}
-			if got, want := addrs, 2; got != want {
-				return false, fmt.Errorf("got %d server addresses want %d", got, want)
-			}
-			if got, want := ids, 1; got != want {
-				return false, fmt.Errorf("got %d server ids want %d", got, want)
-			}
-
-			return true, nil
-		}, func(err error) {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestLeader_Reelection(t *testing.T) {
 	ci.Parallel(t)
 
@@ -1287,7 +1198,6 @@ func TestLeader_Reelection(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestLeader_RollRaftServer(t *testing.T) {
 	ci.Parallel(t)
-	ci.SkipSlow(t, "flaky on GHA; #12358")
 
 	s1, cleanupS1 := TestServer(t, func(c *Config) {
 		c.BootstrapExpect = 3
@@ -1308,148 +1218,104 @@ func TestLeader_RollRaftServer(t *testing.T) {
 	defer cleanupS3()
 
 	servers := []*Server{s1, s2, s3}
-
-	// Try to join
 	TestJoin(t, s1, s2, s3)
 
-	for _, s := range servers {
-		retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) { r.Check(wantPeers(s, 3)) })
-	}
+	t.Logf("waiting for initial stable cluster")
+	waitForStableLeadership(t, servers)
 
-	// Kill the first v2 server
+	t.Logf("killing server s1")
 	s1.Shutdown()
-
 	for _, s := range []*Server{s2, s3} {
 		s.RemoveFailedNode(s1.config.NodeID)
-
-		retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
-			configFuture := s.raft.GetConfiguration()
-			if len(configFuture.Configuration().Servers) != 2 {
-				r.Fatalf("expected 2 servers, got %d", len(configFuture.Configuration().Servers))
-			}
-		})
 	}
 
-	// Replace the dead server
+	t.Logf("waiting for server loss to be detected")
+	testutil.WaitForResultUntil(time.Second*10,
+		func() (bool, error) {
+			for _, s := range []*Server{s2, s3} {
+				err := wantPeers(s, 2)
+				if err != nil {
+					return false, err
+				}
+			}
+			return true, nil
+
+		},
+		func(err error) { must.NoError(t, err) },
+	)
+
+	t.Logf("adding replacement server s4")
 	s4, cleanupS4 := TestServer(t, func(c *Config) {
 		c.BootstrapExpect = 3
 		c.RaftConfig.ProtocolVersion = 3
 	})
 	defer cleanupS4()
 	TestJoin(t, s2, s3, s4)
-	servers[0] = s4
+	servers = []*Server{s4, s2, s3}
 
-	for _, s := range []*Server{s3, s4} {
-		retry.RunWith(&retry.Counter{
-			Count: int(10 * testutil.TestMultiplier()),
-			Wait:  time.Duration(testutil.TestMultiplier()) * time.Second * 2,
-		}, t, func(r *retry.R) {
-			configFuture := s.raft.GetConfiguration()
-			if len(configFuture.Configuration().Servers) != 3 {
-				r.Fatalf("expected 3 servers, got %d", len(configFuture.Configuration().Servers))
-			}
-		})
-	}
+	t.Logf("waiting for s4 to stabilize")
+	waitForStableLeadership(t, servers)
 
-	// Kill the second server
+	t.Logf("killing server s2")
 	s2.Shutdown()
-
 	for _, s := range []*Server{s3, s4} {
 		s.RemoveFailedNode(s2.config.NodeID)
-
-		retry.RunWith(&retry.Counter{
-			Count: int(10 * testutil.TestMultiplier()),
-			Wait:  time.Duration(testutil.TestMultiplier()) * time.Second * 2,
-		}, t, func(r *retry.R) {
-			configFuture := s.raft.GetConfiguration()
-			if len(configFuture.Configuration().Servers) != 3 {
-				r.Fatalf("expected 2 servers, got %d", len(configFuture.Configuration().Servers))
-			}
-		})
 	}
 
-	// Replace the 2nd dead server
+	t.Logf("waiting for server loss to be detected")
+	testutil.WaitForResultUntil(time.Second*10,
+		func() (bool, error) {
+			for _, s := range []*Server{s3, s4} {
+				err := wantPeers(s, 2)
+				if err != nil {
+					return false, err
+				}
+			}
+			return true, nil
+		},
+		func(err error) { must.NoError(t, err) },
+	)
+
+	t.Logf("adding replacement server s5")
 	s5, cleanupS5 := TestServer(t, func(c *Config) {
 		c.BootstrapExpect = 3
 		c.RaftConfig.ProtocolVersion = 3
 	})
 	defer cleanupS5()
 	TestJoin(t, s3, s4, s5)
-	servers[1] = s5
+	servers = []*Server{s4, s5, s3}
 
-	for _, s := range []*Server{s3, s4, s5} {
-		retry.RunWith(&retry.Counter{
-			Count: int(10 * testutil.TestMultiplier()),
-			Wait:  time.Duration(testutil.TestMultiplier()) * time.Second * 2,
-		}, t, func(r *retry.R) {
-			configFuture := s.raft.GetConfiguration()
-			if len(configFuture.Configuration().Servers) != 3 {
-				r.Fatalf("expected 3 servers, got %d", len(configFuture.Configuration().Servers))
-			}
-		})
-	}
+	t.Logf("waiting for s5 to stabilize")
+	waitForStableLeadership(t, servers)
 
-	// Kill the last old server
+	t.Logf("killing server s3")
 	s3.Shutdown()
 
-	for _, s := range []*Server{s4, s5} {
-		s.RemoveFailedNode(s3.config.NodeID)
+	t.Logf("waiting for server loss to be detected")
+	testutil.WaitForResultUntil(time.Second*10,
+		func() (bool, error) {
+			for _, s := range []*Server{s4, s5} {
+				err := wantPeers(s, 2)
+				if err != nil {
+					return false, err
+				}
+			}
+			return true, nil
+		},
+		func(err error) { must.NoError(t, err) },
+	)
 
-		retry.RunWith(&retry.Counter{
-			Count: int(10 * testutil.TestMultiplier()),
-			Wait:  time.Duration(testutil.TestMultiplier()) * time.Second * 2,
-		}, t, func(r *retry.R) {
-			minVer, err := s.MinRaftProtocol()
-			if err != nil {
-				r.Fatal(err)
-			}
-			if got, want := minVer, 3; got != want {
-				r.Fatalf("got min raft version %d want %d", got, want)
-			}
-
-			configFuture := s.raft.GetConfiguration()
-			if err != nil {
-				r.Fatal(err)
-			}
-			if len(configFuture.Configuration().Servers) != 3 {
-				r.Fatalf("expected 2 servers, got %d", len(configFuture.Configuration().Servers))
-			}
-		})
-	}
-
-	// Replace the last dead server with one running raft protocol v3
+	t.Logf("adding replacement server s6")
 	s6, cleanupS6 := TestServer(t, func(c *Config) {
 		c.BootstrapExpect = 3
 		c.RaftConfig.ProtocolVersion = 3
 	})
 	defer cleanupS6()
 	TestJoin(t, s6, s4)
-	servers[2] = s6
+	servers = []*Server{s4, s5, s6}
 
-	// Make sure all the dead servers are removed and we're back to 3 total peers
-	for _, s := range servers {
-		retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
-			addrs := 0
-			ids := 0
-			future := s.raft.GetConfiguration()
-			if err := future.Error(); err != nil {
-				r.Fatal(err)
-			}
-			for _, server := range future.Configuration().Servers {
-				if string(server.ID) == string(server.Address) {
-					addrs++
-				} else {
-					ids++
-				}
-			}
-			if got, want := addrs, 0; got != want {
-				r.Fatalf("got %d server addresses want %d", got, want)
-			}
-			if got, want := ids, 3; got != want {
-				r.Fatalf("got %d server ids want %d", got, want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
+	t.Logf("waiting for s6 to stabilize")
+	waitForStableLeadership(t, servers)
 }
 
 func TestLeader_RevokeLeadership_MultipleTimes(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1556,7 +1422,7 @@ func TestServer_ReconcileMember(t *testing.T) {
 	// after leadership has been established to reduce
 	s3, cleanupS3 := TestServer(t, func(c *Config) {
 		c.BootstrapExpect = 0
-		c.RaftConfig.ProtocolVersion = 2
+		c.RaftConfig.ProtocolVersion = 3
 	})
 	defer cleanupS3()