diff --git a/.github/workflows/bsd.yml b/.github/workflows/bsd.yml
index 8d2a53a..658771e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bsd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bsd.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
             pkginstall: echo no packages required
 
           - name: netbsd
-            version: '9.3'
+            version: '10.0'
             pkginstall: pkgin -y install perl || true
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/t/kill_kill.t b/t/kill_kill.t
index 6c7e27f..5a245d2 100644
--- a/t/kill_kill.t
+++ b/t/kill_kill.t
@@ -34,14 +34,17 @@ else {
 
 # Test 1
 SCOPE: {
+    my $out;
     my $h = IPC::Run::start(
         [
             $^X,
             '-e',
-            'sleep while 1',
-        ]
+            '$|=1;print "running\n";sleep while 1',
+        ],
+        \undef,
+        \$out
     );
-
+    pump $h until $out =~ /running/;
     my $needed = $h->kill_kill;
     ok( !$needed, 'Did not need kill_kill' );
 }