diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 4afe18875c..ca0e7660c6 100755
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ references:
        while [ $i -lt $MAX_CHECKS ]; do ((i++)); if kubectl get jobs $job_name -o jsonpath='Failed:{.status.failed}' | grep "Failed:1"; then status_code=1 && break; elif kubectl get jobs $job_name -o jsonpath='Succeeded:{.status.succeeded}' | grep "Succeeded:1" ; then status_code=0 && break; else printf "."; fi; sleep $CHECK_SPEEP; done && \
        echo "Done waiting. Job status code: $status_code" && \
        # Allow time for logs to flush.
-       sleep 10 && \
+       sleep 30 && \
        echo "JOB_NAME: $job_name" && \
        gcloud logging read "resource.type=k8s_container resource.labels.project_id=$GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID resource.labels.location=$GOOGLE_COMPUTE_ZONE resource.labels.cluster_name=$GKE_CLUSTER resource.labels.namespace_name=default resource.labels.pod_name:$job_name" --limit 10000000 --order asc --format 'value(textPayload)' --project=$GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID > /tmp/full_output.txt && \
        if grep -q '<?xml version="1.0" ?>' /tmp/full_output.txt ; then csplit /tmp/full_output.txt '/<?xml version="1.0" ?>/'; else mv /tmp/full_output.txt xx00; fi && \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tpu-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/tpu-testing.yml
index 245e424181..30c6b1124b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tpu-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tpu-testing.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
         while [ $i -lt $MAX_CHECKS ]; do ((i++)); if kubectl get jobs $job_name -o jsonpath='Failed:{.status.failed}' | grep "Failed:1"; then status_code=1 && break; elif kubectl get jobs $job_name -o jsonpath='Succeeded:{.status.succeeded}' | grep "Succeeded:1" ; then status_code=0 && break; else printf "." ; fi; sleep $CHECK_SPEEP; done && \
         echo "Done waiting. Job status code: $status_code" && \
         # Allow time for logs to flush.
-        sleep 10 && \
+        sleep 30 && \
         echo "JOB_NAME: $job_name" && \
         echo "GKE_CLUSTER: $GKE_CLUSTER" && \
         echo "GKE_ZONE: $GKE_ZONE" && \
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 4072df9466..8eff26906e 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # the default package dependencies
 
 numpy>=1.16.4
-torch>=1.3
+torch>=1.3, <1.6  # TODO: temporary freeze for Horovod incompatibility with 1.6
 tensorboard>=1.14
 future>=0.17.1  # required for builtins in setup.py
 # pyyaml>=3.13
diff --git a/requirements/extra.txt b/requirements/extra.txt
index e245a9512d..113c35b466 100644
--- a/requirements/extra.txt
+++ b/requirements/extra.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ horovod>=0.19.1
 omegaconf>=2.0.0
 # scipy>=0.13.3
 scikit-learn>=0.20.0
-torchtext>=0.3.1
+torchtext>=0.3.1, <0.7  # TODO: temporary fix fix for compatibility