diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7caed7d..ae129f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ bots:
 	@echo "checked out bots/ ref $$(git -C bots rev-parse HEAD)"
 
 # checkout Cockpit's test API; this has no API stability guarantee, so check out a stable tag
-# when you start a new project, use the latest relese, and update it from time to time
+# when you start a new project, use the latest release, and update it from time to time
 test/common:
-	git fetch --depth=1 https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit.git 213
+	git fetch --depth=1 https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit.git 219
 	git checkout --force FETCH_HEAD -- test/common
 	git reset test/common
 
diff --git a/test/vm.install b/test/vm.install
index 55e548d..5241745 100644
--- a/test/vm.install
+++ b/test/vm.install
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ if type firewall-cmd >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     firewall-cmd --add-service=cockpit --permanent
 fi
 systemctl enable cockpit.socket
+
+# HACK: See https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/issues/14133
+mkdir -p /usr/share/cockpit/packagekit