diff --git a/e2e/events/events.go b/e2e/events/events.go
index 528fee5d6..66a18e223 100644
--- a/e2e/events/events.go
+++ b/e2e/events/events.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (tc *EventsTest) TestDeploymentEvents(f *framework.F) {
 	e2eutil.RegisterAndWaitForAllocs(t, nomadClient, "events/input/initial.nomad", jobID, "")
 
 	// update job
-	e2eutil.RegisterAllocs(t, nomadClient, "events/input/deploy.nomad", jobID, "")
+	e2eutil.RegisterAndWaitForAllocs(t, nomadClient, "events/input/deploy.nomad", jobID, "")
 
 	ds := e2eutil.DeploymentsForJob(t, nomadClient, jobID)
 	require.Equal(t, 2, len(ds))
diff --git a/e2e/events/input/deploy.nomad b/e2e/events/input/deploy.nomad
index d998d68d6..b1bc46642 100644
--- a/e2e/events/input/deploy.nomad
+++ b/e2e/events/input/deploy.nomad
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ job "deployment_auto.nomad" {
 
     network {
       port "db" {
-        static = 9000
+        to = 1234
       }
     }
 
     task "one" {
-      driver = "raw_exec"
+      driver = "docker"
 
       env {
         version = "1"
@@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ job "deployment_auto.nomad" {
       config {
         image   = "busybox:1"
         command = "nc"
-
-        # change args to update the job, the only changes
-        args  = ["-ll", "-p", "1234", "-e", "/bin/cat"]
-        ports = ["db"]
+        args    = ["-ll", "-p", "1234", "-e", "/bin/cat"]
+        ports   = ["db"]
       }
 
       resources {
diff --git a/e2e/events/input/initial.nomad b/e2e/events/input/initial.nomad
index 994b3afbb..487c41de3 100644
--- a/e2e/events/input/initial.nomad
+++ b/e2e/events/input/initial.nomad
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ job "deployment_auto.nomad" {
     count = 3
 
     update {
-      max_parallel = 3
-      auto_promote = true
-      canary       = 2
+      max_parallel     = 3
+      auto_promote     = true
+      canary           = 2
+      min_healthy_time = "1s"
     }
 
     network {
       port "db" {
-        static = 9000
+        to = 1234
       }
     }
 
@@ -27,13 +28,12 @@ job "deployment_auto.nomad" {
       env {
         version = "0"
       }
+
       config {
         image   = "busybox:1"
         command = "nc"
-
-        # change args to update the job, the only changes
-        args  = ["-ll", "-p", "1234", "-e", "/bin/cat"]
-        ports = ["db"]
+        args    = ["-ll", "-p", "1234", "-e", "/bin/cat"]
+        ports   = ["db"]
       }
 
       resources {