diff --git a/.github/workflows/functional-test.yml b/.github/workflows/functional-test.yml
index e188842..4839f9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/functional-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/functional-test.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-        - os: macos-13
+        - os: macos-14
           xcode: '15.2'
           ios: '17.2'
           device: iPhone 15
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
       PLATFORM_VERSION: ${{ matrix.ios }}
       XCODE_VERSION: ${{ matrix.xcode }}
       DEVICE_NAME: ${{ matrix.device }}
+      _LOG_TIMESTAMP: 1
+      _FORCE_LOGS: 1
       CI: true
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -39,6 +41,4 @@ jobs:
         xcrun simctl bootstatus $udid -b
         xcrun simctl openurl $udid "https://google.com" &
     - run: npm install
-    - run: |
-        export PATH="${PATH}:$(python -c 'import site; print(site.USER_BASE)')/bin"
-        _FORCE_LOGS=1 npm run e2e-test
+    - run: npm run e2e-test
diff --git a/test/functional/safari-e2e-specs.js b/test/functional/safari-e2e-specs.js
index a82c88d..6984338 100644
--- a/test/functional/safari-e2e-specs.js
+++ b/test/functional/safari-e2e-specs.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ async function deleteDeviceWithRetry (udid) {
 }
 
 describe('Safari remote debugger', function () {
-  this.timeout(480000);
+  this.timeout(610000);
   this.retries(2);
 
   let chai;
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ describe('Safari remote debugger', function () {
   /** @type {string} */
   let address;
   before(async function () {
+    const portPromise = startHttpServer();
+
     chai = await import('chai');
     const chaiAsPromised = await import('chai-as-promised');
     chai.should();
@@ -53,20 +55,10 @@ describe('Safari remote debugger', function () {
       sim = await getSimulator(udid);
       simCreated = true;
     }
-    // on certain system, particularly Xcode 11 on Travis, starting the sim fails
-    await retry(4, async function () {
-      try {
-        await sim.run({
-          startupTimeout: 60000,
-        });
-      } catch (err) {
-        await sim.shutdown();
-        throw err;
-      }
+    await sim.run({
+      startupTimeout: process.env.CI ? 600000 : 120000,
     });
-
-    const port = await startHttpServer();
-    address = `http://localhost:${port}`;
+    address = `http://localhost:${await portPromise}`;
   });
   after(async function () {
     await sim.shutdown();
@@ -92,12 +84,15 @@ describe('Safari remote debugger', function () {
       logAllCommunicationHexDump: false,
     }, false);
 
-    await sim.openUrl(address);
-
-    await rd.connect(process.env.CI ? 180000 : 5000);
-    if (_.isEmpty(rd.appDict)) {
-      throw new Error('The remote debugger did not return any connected applications');
-    }
+    const maxRetries = process.env.CI ? 10 : 2;
+    await retry(maxRetries, async () => await sim.openUrl(address));
+    await retry(maxRetries, async () => {
+      await rd.connect(60000);
+      if (_.isEmpty(rd.appDict)) {
+        await rd.disconnect();
+        throw new Error('The remote debugger did not return any connected applications');
+      }
+    });
   });
   afterEach(async function () {
     await rd?.disconnect();