diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptApplicationModuleProvenance.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptApplicationModuleProvenance.test.ts
index ddb53f7fe7..1615113f22 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptApplicationModuleProvenance.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptApplicationModuleProvenance.test.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ it.each([
     const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-js-module-provenance-");
     await Promise.all([
       writeFile(
-        join(root, "app.js"),
-        `const selected = ${expression};\nexport { selected };\n`,
+        join(root, "app.cjs"),
+        `const selected = ${expression};\nexports.selected = selected;\n`,
       ),
       writeFile(join(root, "dependency.js"), "exports.value = 1;\n"),
     ]);
diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptApplicationTypeScript.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptApplicationTypeScript.test.ts
index 0860cc4313..f6049076a2 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptApplicationTypeScript.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptApplicationTypeScript.test.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ it("retains exported constant evidence through a type-only satisfies expression"
 
 it("resolves erased wrappers through the composed application graph", async () => {
   const source = `
-    const dependency = require("./dependency.ts")["value" as const] satisfies number;
+    import * as dependencyModule from "./dependency.ts";
+    const dependency = dependencyModule["value" as const] satisfies number;
     export { dependency };
     function render<T>() { return "ready"; }
     export const specialized = render<string> satisfies () => string;
diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptRuntimeReconciliation.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptRuntimeReconciliation.test.ts
index 619e104803..e0c450bfc7 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptRuntimeReconciliation.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptRuntimeReconciliation.test.ts
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ it.each([false, true])(
     );
     await writeFile(
       join(root, "app", "main.cjs"),
-      'const {BrowserWindow} = require("electron"); const w = new BrowserWindow(); w.loadFile("generated.html"); w.loadFile("./generated.html");',
+      'const {BrowserWindow} = require("electron"); const w = new BrowserWindow(); w.loadFile("generated.html"); const other = new BrowserWindow(); other.loadFile("./generated.html");',
     );
     if (present)
       await writeFile(join(root, "app", "generated.html"), "generated page");