diff --git a/python/testData/debug/test_two_threads.py b/python/testData/debug/test_two_threads.py
index 3286ccdf0e57..d0d1e75f561c 100644
--- a/python/testData/debug/test_two_threads.py
+++ b/python/testData/debug/test_two_threads.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ def fun1(n):
 
 
 def fun2(m):
+    sleep(2)
     for i in range(1000):
         sleep(0.01) #breakpoint
     print("finished fun2()", m)
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/env/python/PythonDebuggerTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/env/python/PythonDebuggerTest.java
index 5b963e644d4b..ff44eb6c70f2 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/env/python/PythonDebuggerTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/env/python/PythonDebuggerTest.java
@@ -916,7 +916,6 @@ public class PythonDebuggerTest extends PyEnvTestCase {
   }
 
   @Test
-  @Staging
   public void testReturnValues() throws Exception {
     runPythonTest(new PyDebuggerTask("/debug", "test_return_values.py") {
       @Override
@@ -936,10 +935,10 @@ public class PythonDebuggerTest extends PyEnvTestCase {
       @Override
       public void testing() throws Exception {
         waitForPause();
-        eval(PyDebugValue.RETURN_VALUES_PREFIX + "bar[0]").hasValue("1");
+        eval(PyDebugValue.RETURN_VALUES_PREFIX + "['bar'][0]").hasValue("1");
         resume();
         waitForPause();
-        eval(PyDebugValue.RETURN_VALUES_PREFIX + "foo").hasValue("33");
+        eval(PyDebugValue.RETURN_VALUES_PREFIX + "['foo']").hasValue("33");
         resume();
       }
     });