diff --git a/cli/tests/marmot/tests-extras.sh b/cli/tests/marmot/tests-extras.sh
index d61e9a7330..fa602e656b 100644
--- a/cli/tests/marmot/tests-extras.sh
+++ b/cli/tests/marmot/tests-extras.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ test_10_concurrent_commits() {
 
   sleep 10
   local b_name
-  b_name=$(wn_b --json groups show "$mls_gid" 2>/dev/null | jq -r '(.result // .) | .name // empty')
+  # whitenoise-rs ≥ v0.2.x wraps the group payload one level deeper as
+  # `{"result": {"group": {…name…}}}`; the older shape was a bare group
+  # object under `.result`. Accept both.
+  b_name=$(wn_b --json groups show "$mls_gid" 2>/dev/null | jq -r '(.result // .) | (.group // .) | .name // empty')
   local a_name
   a_name=$(amy_field '.name' marmot group show "$gid" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
 
diff --git a/cli/tests/marmot/tests-manage.sh b/cli/tests/marmot/tests-manage.sh
index 7923811ab3..03763d4207 100644
--- a/cli/tests/marmot/tests-manage.sh
+++ b/cli/tests/marmot/tests-manage.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ test_07_metadata_rename() {
 
   local deadline=$(( $(date +%s) + 120 )) seen=""
   while [[ $(date +%s) -lt $deadline ]]; do
-    seen=$(wn_b --json groups show "$mls_gid" 2>/dev/null | jq -r '(.result // .) | .name // empty')
+    # whitenoise-rs ≥ v0.2.x wraps the group payload one level deeper as
+    # `{"result": {"group": {…name…}}}`; older builds returned the bare
+    # group object under `.result`. Probe both shapes so the test survives
+    # either schema.
+    seen=$(wn_b --json groups show "$mls_gid" 2>/dev/null | jq -r '(.result // .) | (.group // .) | .name // empty')
     [[ "$seen" == "Interop-02-renamed" ]] && break
     sleep 3
   done