diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 242dc1cb..71cb38d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           verb: call
           args: -s --name unit-tests unit-test
           cloud-token: ${{ secrets.DAGGER_CLOUD_TOKEN }}
-          version: "0.19.2"
+          version: "0.19.4"
       - name: Integration Test
         uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@v7
         with:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           verb: call
           args: -s --name slurm-test build-images new-interlink test stdout
           cloud-token: ${{ secrets.DAGGER_CLOUD_TOKEN }}
-          version: "0.19.2"
+          version: "0.19.4"
       - name: Integration Test mTLS
         uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@v7
         with:
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ jobs:
           verb: call
           args: -s --name slurm-test-mtls build-images new-interlink-mtls test stdout
           cloud-token: ${{ secrets.DAGGER_CLOUD_TOKEN }}
-          version: "0.19.2"
+          version: "0.19.4"
diff --git a/ci/dagger.json b/ci/dagger.json
index a35ba4d3..646166be 100644
--- a/ci/dagger.json
+++ b/ci/dagger.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "interlink",
-  "engineVersion": "v0.19.2",
+  "engineVersion": "v0.19.4",
   "sdk": {
     "source": "go"
   },
diff --git a/ci/go.mod b/ci/go.mod
index 1af6432a..e835717e 100644
--- a/ci/go.mod
+++ b/ci/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module dagger/interlink
 go 1.24.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.17.80
+	github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.17.81
 	github.com/Khan/genqlient v0.8.1
 	github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2 v2.5.30
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.38.0
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.38.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.8.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.1
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.76.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/ci/go.sum b/ci/go.sum
index d49b1da2..cff6a961 100644
--- a/ci/go.sum
+++ b/ci/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.17.80 h1:S64VF9SK+q3JjQbilgdrM0o4iFQgB54mVQ3QvXEO4Ek=
-github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.17.80/go.mod h1:vgNcZlLwemsUhYim4dC1pvFP5FX0pr2Y+uYUoHFb1ig=
+github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.17.81 h1:kCkN/xVyRb5rEQpuwOHRTYq83i0IuTQg9vdIiwEerTs=
+github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.17.81/go.mod h1:vgNcZlLwemsUhYim4dC1pvFP5FX0pr2Y+uYUoHFb1ig=
 github.com/Khan/genqlient v0.8.1 h1:wtOCc8N9rNynRLXN3k3CnfzheCUNKBcvXmVv5zt6WCs=
 github.com/Khan/genqlient v0.8.1/go.mod h1:R2G6DzjBvCbhjsEajfRjbWdVglSH/73kSivC9TLWVjU=
 github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883 h1:bvNMNQO63//z+xNgfBlViaCIJKLlCJ6/fmUseuG0wVQ=
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250825161204-c5933d9347a5 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250825161204-c5933d9347a5/go.mod h1:j3QtIyytwqGr1JUDtYXwtMXWPKsEa5LtzIFN1Wn5WvE=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250825161204-c5933d9347a5 h1:eaY8u2EuxbRv7c3NiGK0/NedzVsCcV6hDuU5qPX5EGE=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250825161204-c5933d9347a5/go.mod h1:M4/wBTSeyLxupu3W3tJtOgB14jILAS/XWPSSa3TAlJc=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.1 h1:/ODCNEuf9VghjgO3rqLcfg8fiOP0nSluljWFlDxELLI=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.1/go.mod h1:JtPAzKiq4v1xcAB2hydNlWI2RnF85XXcV0mhKXr2ecQ=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.76.0 h1:UnVkv1+uMLYXoIz6o7chp59WfQUYA2ex/BXQ9rHZu7A=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.76.0/go.mod h1:Ju12QI8M6iQJtbcsV+awF5a4hfJMLi4X0JLo94ULZ6c=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.9 h1:w2gp2mA27hUeUzj9Ex9FBjsBm40zfaDtEWow293U7Iw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.9/go.mod h1:fuxRtAxBytpl4zzqUh6/eyUujkJdNiuEkXntxiD/uRU=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/ci/main.go b/ci/main.go
index 310c5943..b3e3c9b7 100644
--- a/ci/main.go
+++ b/ci/main.go
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ EOF`}).
 
 	m.Kubectl = kubectl
 
-	dag.Container().From("alpine/helm:3.16.1").
+	_, err = dag.Container().From("alpine/helm:3.16.1").
 		WithMountedFile("/.kube/config", m.KubeConfig).
 		WithDirectory("/helm", helmChart).
 		WithEnvVariable("BUST", time.Now().String()).
@@ -358,12 +358,17 @@ EOF`}).
 		WithExec([]string{
 			"helm",
 			"install",
+			"--wait",
+			"--timeout", "600s",
 			"--create-namespace",
 			"-n", "interlink",
 			"virtual-node",
 			"/helm/interlink",
 			"--values", "/manifests/vk_helm_chart.yaml",
 		}).Stdout(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	return m, nil
 }
@@ -861,6 +866,18 @@ func (m *Interlink) Test(
 	// Automate CSR approval for testing - required for mTLS functionality and log access
 	c = c.WithExec([]string{"bash", "-c", "kubectl get csr -o name | xargs -r kubectl certificate approve"})
 
+	// Wait for virtual-kubelet node to be ready before running tests (robust version that waits for node creation)
+	c = c.WithExec([]string{"bash", "-c", `
+for i in {1..60}; do
+  if kubectl get node virtual-kubelet &>/dev/null; then
+    echo "Virtual-kubelet node found, waiting for Ready condition..."
+    kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready node/virtual-kubelet --timeout=240s && break
+  fi
+  echo "Waiting for virtual-kubelet node to be created... ($i/60)"
+  sleep 5
+done
+`})
+
 	result := c.WithExec([]string{"bash", "-c", "source .venv/bin/activate && export KUBECONFIG=/.kube/config  && pytest -vk 'not rclone and not limits'"})
 	//_ = c.WithExec([]string{"bash", "-c", "source .venv/bin/activate && export KUBECONFIG=/.kube/config  && pytest -vk 'hello'"})
 	// result := c.WithExec([]string{"bash", "-c", "source .venv/bin/activate && export KUBECONFIG=/.kube/config  && pytest -vk 'hello'"})
@@ -900,13 +917,12 @@ func (m *Interlink) TestMTLS(
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	// Automate CSR approval for testing - required for mTLS functionality and log access
 	c = c.WithExec([]string{"bash", "-c", "kubectl get csr -o name | xargs -r kubectl certificate approve"})
 
 	// First run basic tests to ensure setup works
 	result := c.WithExec([]string{"bash", "-c", "source .venv/bin/activate && export KUBECONFIG=/.kube/config && pytest -v -k 'hello'"}).
-		// Wait for virtual node to be ready
-		WithExec([]string{"bash", "-c", "kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready node/virtual-kubelet --timeout=300s"}).
 		// Automate CSR approval for testing - required for mTLS functionality
 		WithExec([]string{"bash", "-c", "kubectl get csr -o name | xargs -r kubectl certificate approve"}).
 		// Create a test pod for getLogs testing
@@ -927,8 +943,6 @@ spec:
     args: ["-c", "echo 'mTLS log test started'; sleep 30; echo 'mTLS log test completed'"]
   restartPolicy: Never
 EOF`}).
-		// Wait for pod to start
-		WithExec([]string{"bash", "-c", "kubectl wait --for=condition=PodReadyForStartup pod/mtls-log-test --timeout=120s || true"}).
 		// Ensure CSR approval before testing logs
 		WithExec([]string{"bash", "-c", "kubectl get csr -o name | xargs -r kubectl certificate approve"}).
 		// Test getLogs endpoint specifically - this should work with mTLS now
diff --git a/plugins/slurm b/plugins/slurm
index e2a1cab1..666272ac 160000
--- a/plugins/slurm
+++ b/plugins/slurm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e2a1cab131bf1e040d81e903dbdb3c0d2d578c81
+Subproject commit 666272ac088b832bcb1ca26d5d834cae70390572