diff --git a/leptonai/cli/pod.py b/leptonai/cli/pod.py
index 0bb08e1f4..6cfdd9bca 100644
--- a/leptonai/cli/pod.py
+++ b/leptonai/cli/pod.py
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ def create(
     """
     conn = get_connection_or_die()
     try:
-        deployment_spec = types.DeploymentSpec(
-            name=name,
+        deployment_user_spec = types.DeploymentUserSpec(
             resource_requirement=types.ResourceRequirement.make_resource_requirement(
                 resource_shape=resource_shape,
             ),
@@ -102,6 +101,10 @@ def create(
             envs=types.EnvVar.make_env_vars_from_strings(list(env), list(secret)),
             is_pod=True,
         )
+        deployment_spec = types.Deployment(
+            metadata=types.Metadata(name=name),
+            spec=deployment_user_spec,
+        )
     except ValueError as e:
         console.print(f"Error encountered while processing pod configs:\n[red]{e}[/].")
         console.print("Failed to create pod.")
diff --git a/leptonai/photon/tests/test_photon.py b/leptonai/photon/tests/test_photon.py
index e0e16767a..d3cff8265 100644
--- a/leptonai/photon/tests/test_photon.py
+++ b/leptonai/photon/tests/test_photon.py
@@ -1283,10 +1283,11 @@ async def async_sleep(self, seconds: int) -> float:
         proc, port = photon_run_local_server(path=path)
         res = requests.post(f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}/sleep", json={"seconds": 2})
         self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200, res.text)
-        self.assertGreaterEqual(res.json(), 2)
+        # sometimes the time measured is not accurate (e.g 1.9999713897705078), so we just roughly check the value here
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(res.json(), 1.99)
         res = requests.post(f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}/async_sleep", json={"seconds": 2})
         self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200, res.text)
-        self.assertGreaterEqual(res.json(), 2)
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(res.json(), 1.99)
 
         class TimeoutSleepPhoton(SleepPhoton):
             handler_timeout: int = 1