diff --git a/src/lib/deploy-workflow-contract.test.ts b/src/lib/deploy-workflow-contract.test.ts
index 1a561267..45545357 100644
--- a/src/lib/deploy-workflow-contract.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/deploy-workflow-contract.test.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ describe("production deploy workflow", () => {
 		const stopAt = deployJob.indexOf("pm2 stop next");
 		const migrateAt = deployJob.indexOf("pnpm db:migrate");
 		const startLabelAt = deployJob.indexOf("Starting PM2");
-		const startAt = deployJob.indexOf("pm2 reload next", startLabelAt);
+		const startAt = deployJob.indexOf(
+			"pm2 start pnpm --name next -- start",
+			startLabelAt,
+		);
 		expect(buildAt).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
 		expect(stopAt).toBeGreaterThan(buildAt);
 		expect(migrateAt).toBeGreaterThan(stopAt);
@@ -103,7 +106,9 @@ describe("production deploy workflow", () => {
 	it("runs an HTTP health check before declaring deploy success", () => {
 		expect(workflow).toContain("/api/health");
 		expect(workflow).toContain('"database":true');
-		const startAt = deployJob.indexOf("pm2 reload next");
+		expect(deployJob).toContain("export PORT=");
+		expect(deployJob).toContain("free_tcp_port");
+		const startAt = deployJob.indexOf("pm2 start pnpm --name next -- start");
 		const healthAt = deployJob.indexOf("/api/health");
 		const successAt = deployJob.indexOf("--- Deployed successfully ---");
 		expect(startAt).toBeGreaterThan(-1);