diff --git a/packages/orchestration/test/cosmos-interchain-service.test.ts b/packages/orchestration/test/cosmos-interchain-service.test.ts
index 7e71a39aa176..a9307a4f95f7 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/test/cosmos-interchain-service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestration/test/cosmos-interchain-service.test.ts
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ test.serial(
       { version: 'ics27-2', ordering: 'unordered', encoding: 'json' },
     );
 
+    await eventLoopIteration(); // propagate channelOpenAck
     const { bridgeEvents: bridgeEvents0, bridgeDowncalls: bridgeDowncalls0 } =
       await inspectDibcBridge();
 
@@ -278,7 +279,8 @@ test.serial(
     const { event, ...channelInfo } = bridgeEvents0[0];
     // simulate channel closing from remote chain
     await E(ibcBridge).fromBridge(buildChannelCloseConfirmEvent(channelInfo));
-    await eventLoopIteration();
+    await eventLoopIteration(); // To propagate channelCloseConfirm
+    await eventLoopIteration(); // To propagate automatic channelOpenInit
 
     const { bridgeEvents: bridgeEvents1, bridgeDowncalls: bridgeDowncalls1 } =
       await inspectDibcBridge();
diff --git a/packages/orchestration/test/examples/auto-stake-it.contract.test.ts b/packages/orchestration/test/examples/auto-stake-it.contract.test.ts
index d462e7e236c2..3ab87c2c91e1 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/test/examples/auto-stake-it.contract.test.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestration/test/examples/auto-stake-it.contract.test.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ test('make accounts, register tap, return invitationMakers', async t => {
     'tokens transferred from LOA to COA',
   );
   await transmitTransferAck();
+  await eventLoopIteration(); // propagate the ack
   const { acknowledgement } = (await inspectDibcBridge()).bridgeEvents.at(
     -1,
   ) as IBCEvent<'acknowledgementPacket'>;
diff --git a/packages/orchestration/test/network-fakes.ts b/packages/orchestration/test/network-fakes.ts
index b137a61930af..b59fde409550 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/test/network-fakes.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestration/test/network-fakes.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export const ibcBridgeMocks: {
       ) => IBCEvent<'channelOpenAck'>
     : T extends 'acknowledgementPacket'
       ? (
-          obj: IBCMethod<'sendPacket'>,
+          obj: IBCEvent<'sendPacket'>,
           opts: { sequence: bigint; acknowledgement: string },
         ) => IBCEvent<'acknowledgementPacket'>
       : never;
@@ -102,13 +102,11 @@ export const ibcBridgeMocks: {
         address: mockChainAddress,
       }),
       connectionHops: obj.hops,
-      order: obj.order,
-      version: obj.version,
     };
   },
 
   acknowledgementPacket: (
-    obj: IBCMethod<'sendPacket'>,
+    obj: IBCEvent<'sendPacket'>,
     opts: { sequence: bigint; acknowledgement: string },
   ): IBCEvent<'acknowledgementPacket'> => {
     const { sequence, acknowledgement } = opts;
@@ -236,19 +234,23 @@ export const makeFakeIBCBridge = (
                   : `${bech32Prefix}1test`;
               addressMap.set(addressKey, mockChainAddress);
             }
-            const ackEvent = ibcBridgeMocks.channelOpenAck(obj, {
-              mockChainAddress,
-              channelID: `channel-${channelCount}`,
-              counterpartyChannelID: `channel-${connectionChannelCount}`,
+            const channelID = `channel-${channelCount}` as const;
+
+            setImmediate(() => {
+              const ackEvent = ibcBridgeMocks.channelOpenAck(obj, {
+                mockChainAddress,
+                channelID,
+                counterpartyChannelID: `channel-${connectionChannelCount}`,
+              });
+              bridgeHandler?.fromBridge(ackEvent);
+              bridgeEvents = bridgeEvents.concat(ackEvent);
+              channelCount += 1;
+              if (obj.packet.source_port.includes('icacontroller')) {
+                icaAccountCount += 1;
+              }
+              remoteChannelMap[obj.hops[0]] = connectionChannelCount + 1;
             });
-            bridgeHandler?.fromBridge(ackEvent);
-            bridgeEvents = bridgeEvents.concat(ackEvent);
-            channelCount += 1;
-            if (obj.packet.source_port.includes('icacontroller')) {
-              icaAccountCount += 1;
-            }
-            remoteChannelMap[obj.hops[0]] = connectionChannelCount + 1;
-            return undefined;
+            return channelID;
           }
           case 'sendPacket': {
             const mockAckMapHasData = obj.packet.data in mockAckMap;
@@ -274,9 +276,11 @@ export const makeFakeIBCBridge = (
                 ? mockAckMap[obj.packet.data]
                 : errorAcknowledgments.error5,
             });
-            bridgeEvents = bridgeEvents.concat(ackEvent);
             ibcSequenceNonce += 1n;
-            bridgeHandler?.fromBridge(ackEvent);
+            setImmediate(() => {
+              bridgeEvents = bridgeEvents.concat(ackEvent);
+              bridgeHandler?.fromBridge(ackEvent);
+            });
             return ackEvent.packet;
           }
           default:
diff --git a/packages/orchestration/test/utils/address.test.ts b/packages/orchestration/test/utils/address.test.ts
index ecdf12b688b0..395e7eb3fe05 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/test/utils/address.test.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestration/test/utils/address.test.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ test('findAddressField', t => {
       '/ibc-hop/connection-0/ibc-port/icahost/ordered/{"version":"ics27-1","controller_connection_id":"connection-0","host_connection_id":"connection-1","address":"osmo1m30khedzqy9msu4502u74ugmep30v69pzee370jkas57xhmjfgjqe67ayq","encoding":"proto3","tx_type":"sdk_multi_msg"}/ibc-channel/channel-1',
     ),
     'osmo1m30khedzqy9msu4502u74ugmep30v69pzee370jkas57xhmjfgjqe67ayq',
-    'returns address when localAddrr is appended to version string',
+    'returns address when localAddr is appended to version string',
   );
   t.is(
     findAddressField(
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ test('makeICQChannelAddress', t => {
       ),
     {
       message:
-        /must be '\(\/ibc-hop\/CONNECTION\)\*\/ibc-port\/PORT\/\(ordered\|unordered\)\/VERSION'/,
+        /must be '\(\/ibc-hop\/CONNECTION\)\*\/ibc-port\/PORT\/\(pipelining\/\(true|false\)\/\)?\(ordered\|unordered\)\/VERSION'/,
     },
     'makeICQChannelAddress not hardened against malformed version. use `validateRemoteIbcAddress` to detect this, or expect IBC ProtocolImpl to throw',
   );