Worked on the openvinotoolkit/openvino repository to enhance the reliability of the continuous integration process by improving the test environment. Focused on dependency management and testing, the developer updated the test requirements to include the distro package, ensuring that time_tests could execute with all necessary dependencies present. This adjustment aligned the test setup with recent packaging changes, reducing test flakiness and minimizing false negatives during automated validation. The work was implemented using skills in dependency management and testing, with changes committed in plain text configuration files. These improvements streamlined the validation workflow and contributed to more robust and predictable CI feedback loops.