diff --git a/tests/e2e/default/login/renew-token.wdio-spec.js b/tests/e2e/default/login/renew-token.wdio-spec.js
index a82cfd824b2..2b647d33bc9 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/default/login/renew-token.wdio-spec.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/default/login/renew-token.wdio-spec.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const loginPage = require('../../../page-objects/default/login/login.wdio.page')
 const commonPage = require('../../../page-objects/default/common/common.wdio.page');
 const moment = require('moment');
 const browserPage = require('../../../utils/browser');
-const chai = require('chai');
+const utils = require('../../../utils');
 
 describe('should renew token', async () => {
 
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ describe('should renew token', async () => {
     await commonPage.waitForPageLoaded();
 
     for (let counter = 0; counter < 3; counter++) {
-      const beforPageLoadTime = moment();
+      const beforePageLoadTime = moment().add(utils.ONE_YEAR_IN_S, 'seconds');
       await browser.refresh();
       await commonPage.waitForPageLoaded();
-      const afterPageLoadTime = moment();
+      const afterPageLoadTime = moment().add(utils.ONE_YEAR_IN_S, 'seconds');
       const ctxExpiry = await getCtxCookieExpiry();
 
-      chai.expect(
-        ctxExpiry.isBetween(beforPageLoadTime.add(1, 'year'), afterPageLoadTime.add(1, 'year')),
-        `Failed for counter = ${counter}, ${ctxExpiry.toISOString()} ${beforPageLoadTime.toISOString()}`
+      expect(
+        ctxExpiry.isBetween(beforePageLoadTime, afterPageLoadTime),
+        `Failed for counter = ${counter}, ${ctxExpiry} ${beforePageLoadTime} ${afterPageLoadTime}`
       ).to.be.true;
     }
   });
diff --git a/tests/integration/api/routing.spec.js b/tests/integration/api/routing.spec.js
index 7f507bdfcb6..f4eae1c734b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/api/routing.spec.js
+++ b/tests/integration/api/routing.spec.js
@@ -804,8 +804,9 @@ describe('routing', () => {
 
           // check the expiry date is around a year away
           const expiryValue = expires.split('=')[1];
-          const expiryDate = moment.utc(expiryValue).add(1, 'hour'); // add a small margin of error
-          expect(expiryDate.diff(now, 'months')).to.equal(12);
+          const expiryDate = moment.utc(expiryValue);
+          const nextYear = now.add(utils.ONE_YEAR_IN_S, 'second');
+          expect(expiryDate.diff(nextYear, 'hour')).to.equal(0); // add a small margin of error
 
           // check the other properties
           expect(samesite).to.equal('SameSite=Lax');
diff --git a/tests/utils.js b/tests/utils.js
index f617ecfed87..602d20f6942 100644
--- a/tests/utils.js
+++ b/tests/utils.js
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ process.env.CERTIFICATE_MODE = constants.CERTIFICATE_MODE;
 process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0; // allow self signed certificates
 const auth = { username: constants.USERNAME, password: constants.PASSWORD };
 
+const ONE_YEAR_IN_S = 31536000;
+
 const PROJECT_NAME = 'cht-e2e';
 const NETWORK = 'cht-net-e2e';
 const services = {
@@ -132,6 +134,20 @@ const updateSettings = updates => {
       });
     });
 };
+const updatePermissions = async (roles, addPermissions, removePermissions = []) => {
+  const settings = await module.exports.getSettings();
+  addPermissions.forEach(permission => {
+    if (!settings.permissions[permission]) {
+      settings.permissions[permission] = [];
+    }
+    settings.permissions[permission].push(...roles);
+  });
+
+  removePermissions.forEach(permission => {
+    settings.permissions[permission] = [];
+  });
+  await module.exports.updateSettings({ permissions: settings.permissions }, true);
+};
 
 const revertTranslations = async () => {
   const updatedTranslations = Object.keys(originalTranslations);
@@ -1347,4 +1363,7 @@ module.exports = {
   listenForApi,
   makeTempDir,
   SW_SUCCESSFUL_REGEX: /Service worker generated successfully/,
+  updatePermissions,
+
+  ONE_YEAR_IN_S,
 };