diff --git a/nixos/tests/ferm.nix b/nixos/tests/ferm.nix
index 24b74df85ad1d6..b8e8663e3ad2b2 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/ferm.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/ferm.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
         with pkgs.lib;
         {
           networking = {
+            dhcpcd.enable = false;
             interfaces.eth1.ipv6.addresses = mkOverride 0 [ { address = "fd00::2"; prefixLength = 64; } ];
             interfaces.eth1.ipv4.addresses = mkOverride 0 [ { address = "192.168.1.2"; prefixLength = 24; } ];
           };
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
         with pkgs.lib;
         {
           networking = {
+            dhcpcd.enable = false;
             interfaces.eth1.ipv6.addresses = mkOverride 0 [ { address = "fd00::1"; prefixLength = 64; } ];
             interfaces.eth1.ipv4.addresses = mkOverride 0 [ { address = "192.168.1.1"; prefixLength = 24; } ];
           };
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
     ''
       startAll;
 
-      $client->waitForUnit("network.target");
+      $client->waitForUnit("network-online.target");
       $server->waitForUnit("ferm.service");
       $server->waitForUnit("nginx.service");
       $server->waitUntilSucceeds("ss -ntl | grep -q 80");