diff --git a/.github/workflows/r-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/r-ci.yml
index 214b624c33..be5aeff377 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/r-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/r-ci.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ jobs:
         run: cat $HOME/work/TileDB-SOMA/TileDB-SOMA/apis/r/tiledbsoma.Rcheck/00install.out
         if: failure()
 
+      - name: View Test Output
+        run: cat $HOME/work/TileDB-SOMA/TileDB-SOMA/apis/r/tiledbsoma.Rcheck/00check.log
+        if: failure()
+
       - name: Coverage
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.covr == 'yes' }}
         run: cd apis/r && tools/r-ci.sh coverage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/r-python-interop-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/r-python-interop-testing.yml
index 6087ce71f2..c58aacfeda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/r-python-interop-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/r-python-interop-testing.yml
@@ -80,5 +80,8 @@ jobs:
           python -c 'import tiledbsoma; tiledbsoma.show_package_versions()'
           python scripts/show-versions.py
 
+      - name: Update Packages
+        run: Rscript -e 'update.packages(ask=FALSE)'
+
       - name: Interop Tests
         run: python -m pytest apis/system/tests/