diff --git a/src/testdir/test_autocmd.vim b/src/testdir/test_autocmd.vim
index ca8cc04..73674a2 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_autocmd.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_autocmd.vim
@@ -29,20 +29,19 @@
   END
   call writefile(before, 'Xinit')
   let buf = RunVimInTerminal('-S Xinit Xfile', {})
-  call term_wait(buf)
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, "G")
+  call term_wait(buf, 20)
   call term_sendkeys(buf, "gg")
   call term_wait(buf)
-  sleep 50m
+  call WaitForAssert({-> assert_equal(['1'], readfile('Xoutput')[-1:-1])})
   call term_sendkeys(buf, "j")
   call term_wait(buf)
-  sleep 50m
+  call WaitForAssert({-> assert_equal(['1', '2'], readfile('Xoutput')[-2:-1])})
   call term_sendkeys(buf, "j")
   call term_wait(buf)
-  sleep 50m
+  call WaitForAssert({-> assert_equal(['1', '2', '3'], readfile('Xoutput')[-3:-1])})
   call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
 
-  call assert_equal(['1', '2', '3'], readfile('Xoutput')[-3:-1])
-
   call delete('Xinit')
   call delete('Xoutput')
   call delete('Xfile')
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index c2057b3..28400fb 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -755,6 +755,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1497,
+/**/
     1496,
 /**/
     1495,