diff --git a/components/pthread/test_apps/pthread_unity_tests/main/test_app_main.c b/components/pthread/test_apps/pthread_unity_tests/main/test_app_main.c
index 2f34948beae4..7b647833b81e 100644
--- a/components/pthread/test_apps/pthread_unity_tests/main/test_app_main.c
+++ b/components/pthread/test_apps/pthread_unity_tests/main/test_app_main.c
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ void setUp(void)
 
 void tearDown(void)
 {
-    // Add a short delay of 100ms to allow the idle task to free an remaining memory
-    vTaskDelay(pdMS_TO_TICKS(100));
+    // Add a short delay of 200ms to allow the idle task to free remaining memory
+    vTaskDelay(pdMS_TO_TICKS(200));
     size_t after_free_8bit = heap_caps_get_free_size(MALLOC_CAP_8BIT);
     size_t after_free_32bit = heap_caps_get_free_size(MALLOC_CAP_32BIT);
     check_leak(before_free_8bit, after_free_8bit, "8BIT");
diff --git a/components/pthread/test_apps/pthread_unity_tests/pytest_pthread_unity_tests.py b/components/pthread/test_apps/pthread_unity_tests/pytest_pthread_unity_tests.py
index 41fba362721d..17f9a4cd90fd 100644
--- a/components/pthread/test_apps/pthread_unity_tests/pytest_pthread_unity_tests.py
+++ b/components/pthread/test_apps/pthread_unity_tests/pytest_pthread_unity_tests.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 
-from time import sleep
-
 import pytest
 from pytest_embedded import Dut
 
@@ -66,11 +64,10 @@ def test_pthread_single_core_tls(dut: Dut) -> None:
     dut.expect_unity_test_output(timeout=300)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.host_test
 @pytest.mark.qemu
 @pytest.mark.esp32
 def test_pthread_qemu(dut: Dut) -> None:
-    dut.expect_exact('Press ENTER to see the list of tests')
-    # dut may not be ready to accept input, so adding the delay until handled in pytest embedded (RDT-328)
-    sleep(1)
-    dut.write('![qemu-ignore]')
-    dut.expect_unity_test_output(timeout=300)
+    for case in dut.test_menu:
+        if 'qemu-ignore' not in case.groups and case.type == 'normal':
+            dut._run_normal_case(case, timeout=75)