diff --git a/tests/minecraft.nix b/tests/minecraft.nix
index 64dde85..24a88ce 100644
--- a/tests/minecraft.nix
+++ b/tests/minecraft.nix
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ testPkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
       # Enable caddy service (required by minecraft service)
       services.caddy.enable = true;
 
+      # Enable networking for the test (needed for minecraft mods to download mappings)
+      networking.dhcpcd.enable = true;
+
       # Disable the ZFS mount dependency service in test environment
       systemd.services."minecraft-server-main_mounts".enable = lib.mkForce false;
 
@@ -85,9 +88,12 @@ testPkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
     # Wait for minecraft service to be available
     machine.wait_for_unit("minecraft-server-main.service")
 
-    machine.sleep(20)
+    machine.sleep(60)
 
     # Check that the service is active and not failed
     machine.succeed("systemctl is-active minecraft-server-main.service")
+
+    # Check for the Minecraft server startup completion message
+    machine.succeed("grep -Eq '\\[[0-9]+:[0-9]+:[0-9]+\\] \\[Server thread/INFO\\]: Done \\([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+s\\)! For help, type \"help\"' /var/lib/minecraft/main/logs/latest.log")
   '';
 }