diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-test.yml
index 3afc7eff..7752ecf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-test.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: lint
     runs-on: bitrise-react-native-code-push-linux-runner
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         variant: [bare, expo]
         include:
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: lint
     runs-on: bitrise-react-native-code-push-macos-runner
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         variant: [bare, expo]
         include:
diff --git a/code-push-plugin-testing-framework/script/testBuilder.js b/code-push-plugin-testing-framework/script/testBuilder.js
index 34a20295..b57ad908 100644
--- a/code-push-plugin-testing-framework/script/testBuilder.js
+++ b/code-push-plugin-testing-framework/script/testBuilder.js
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ function getDescribe() {
 }
 function itInternal(func, expectation, isCoreTest, assertion) {
     if ((!TestConfig.onlyRunCoreTests || isCoreTest)) {
-        // Create a wrapper around the assertion to set the timeout on the test to 10 minutes.
+        // DIAGNOSTIC: temporarily shortened from 20 minutes to get faster CI feedback while debugging PR #13's iOS Expo test hang. Revert before merging.
         var assertionWithTimeout = function (done) {
-            this.timeout(10 * 2 * 60 * 1000);
+            this.timeout(6 * 60 * 1000);
             assertion(done);
         };
         return it(expectation, assertionWithTimeout);
diff --git a/test/template/app.json b/test/template/app.json
index 67fe977a..faf5779d 100644
--- a/test/template/app.json
+++ b/test/template/app.json
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@
             "CodePushServerURL": "http://10.0.2.2:3001"
           }
         }
-      ],
-      [
-        "expo-build-properties",
-        {
-          "ios": {
-            "deploymentTarget": "15.5"
-          }
-        }
       ]
     ]
   }
diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
index 1fd3862d..ff18c541 100644
--- a/test/test.ts
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -366,12 +366,11 @@ class RNProjectManager extends ProjectManager {
         mkdirp.sync(projectDirectory);
 
         if (TestConfig.isExpoApp) {
-            return TestUtil.getProcessOutput(`npx create-expo-app@latest ${appName} --template blank@sdk-55`, { cwd: projectDirectory, timeout: 30 * 60 * 1000 })
+            return TestUtil.getProcessOutput(`npx create-expo-app@latest ${appName} --template blank@sdk-57`, { cwd: projectDirectory, timeout: 30 * 60 * 1000 })
                 .then((e) => { console.log(`"npx expo init ${appName}" success. cwd=${projectDirectory}`); return e; })
                 .then(this.copyTemplate.bind(this, templatePath, projectDirectory))
                 .then<void>(TestUtil.getProcessOutput.bind(undefined, TestConfig.thisPluginInstallString, { cwd: path.join(projectDirectory, TestConfig.TestAppName) }))
                 .then(installExpoBundleTooling.bind(undefined, path.join(projectDirectory, TestConfig.TestAppName)))
-                .then<void>(TestUtil.getProcessOutput.bind(undefined, "npx expo install expo-build-properties", { cwd: path.join(projectDirectory, TestConfig.TestAppName) }))
                 .then(TestUtil.getProcessOutput.bind(undefined, `npx expo prebuild --clean`, { cwd: path.join(projectDirectory, TestConfig.TestAppName) }))
                 .then(() => {
                     ensureAndroidCleartextTraffic(path.join(projectDirectory, TestConfig.TestAppName, "android", "app", "src", "main", "AndroidManifest.xml"));