diff --git a/core/modules/update/src/Tests/UpdateContribTest.php b/core/modules/update/src/Tests/UpdateContribTest.php
index 786c6ac..ec64cf8 100644
--- a/core/modules/update/src/Tests/UpdateContribTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/update/src/Tests/UpdateContribTest.php
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@ function testUpdateBrokenFetchURL() {
     );
     $this->config('update_test.settings')->set('system_info', $system_info)->save();
 
+    // Ensure that the update information is correct before testing.
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/updates');
+
     $xml_mapping = array(
       'drupal' => '0.0',
       'aaa_update_test' => '1_0',
diff --git a/core/modules/update/src/Tests/UpdateUploadTest.php b/core/modules/update/src/Tests/UpdateUploadTest.php
index b9635e1..b4b6181 100644
--- a/core/modules/update/src/Tests/UpdateUploadTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/update/src/Tests/UpdateUploadTest.php
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ protected function setUp() {
    * Tests upload, extraction, and update of a module.
    */
   public function testUploadModule() {
+    // Ensure that the update information is correct before testing.
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/updates');
+
     // Images are not valid archives, so get one and try to install it. We
     // need an extra variable to store the result of drupalGetTestFiles()
     // since reset() takes an argument by reference and passing in a constant