diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
index bfa32978e..5e6fd0c67 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   test-conformance:
     name: test-conformance
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, linux]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Install and setup go
       - name: Set up Go 1.21
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         run: (go test -race -timeout 30m -failfast -v -p 2 ./cmd/interchaintest) || (echo "\n\n*****CHAIN and RELAYER LOGS*****" && cat "$HOME/.interchaintest/logs/interchaintest.log" && exit 1)
   test-ibc-examples:
     name: test-ibc-examples
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, linux]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Install and setup go
       - name: Set up Go 1.21
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         run: go test -race -timeout 30m -failfast -v -p 2 ./examples/ibc
   test-cosmos-examples:
     name: test-cosmos-examples
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, linux]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Install and setup go
       - name: Set up Go 1.21
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 6e3d75e49..c1933d219 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   test-unit:
     name: unit-tests
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, linux]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Install and setup go
       - name: Set up Go 1.21
diff --git a/chain/cosmos/broadcaster.go b/chain/cosmos/broadcaster.go
index cc3eb9383..79c816305 100644
--- a/chain/cosmos/broadcaster.go
+++ b/chain/cosmos/broadcaster.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keyring"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/tx/signing"
-	authTx "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/tx"
+	authtx "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/tx"
 	authtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
 	"github.com/strangelove-ventures/interchaintest/v8/internal/dockerutil"
 	"github.com/strangelove-ventures/interchaintest/v8/testutil"
@@ -224,16 +224,22 @@ func BroadcastTx(ctx context.Context, broadcaster *Broadcaster, broadcastingUser
 		return sdk.TxResponse{}, err
 	}
 
-	resp, err := authTx.QueryTx(cc, respWithTxHash.TxHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		// if we fail to query the tx, it means an error occurred with the original message broadcast.
-		// we should return this instead.
-		originalResp, err := broadcaster.UnmarshalTxResponseBytes(ctx, txBytes)
+	return getFullyPopulatedResponse(cc, respWithTxHash.TxHash)
+}
+
+// getFullyPopulatedResponse returns a fully populated sdk.TxResponse.
+// the QueryTx function is periodically called until a tx with the given hash
+// has been included in a block.
+func getFullyPopulatedResponse(cc client.Context, txHash string) (sdk.TxResponse, error) {
+	var resp sdk.TxResponse
+	err := testutil.WaitForCondition(time.Second*60, time.Second*5, func() (bool, error) {
+		fullyPopulatedTxResp, err := authtx.QueryTx(cc, txHash)
 		if err != nil {
-			return sdk.TxResponse{}, err
+			return false, nil
 		}
-		return originalResp, nil
-	}
 
-	return *resp, nil
+		resp = *fullyPopulatedTxResp
+		return true, nil
+	})
+	return resp, err
 }