diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 2f62851f..33e73981 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         "wp-cli/entity-command": "^1.3 || ^2 || ^3",
         "wp-cli/eval-command": "^2.0 || ^3",
         "wp-cli/server-command": "^2.0 || ^3",
-        "wp-cli/wp-cli-tests": "^5"
+        "wp-cli/wp-cli-tests": "dev-create-sites-step as 5.3.99"
     },
     "config": {
         "process-timeout": 7200,
diff --git a/features/cron-event.feature b/features/cron-event.feature
index 9ddda281..039d65a0 100644
--- a/features/cron-event.feature
+++ b/features/cron-event.feature
@@ -186,8 +186,10 @@ Feature: Manage WP Cron events
 
   Scenario: Run cron events with --network flag on multisite
     Given a WP multisite subdirectory install
-    And I run `wp site create --slug=site2`
-    And I run `wp site create --slug=site3`
+    And these sites:
+      | slug  |
+      | site2 |
+      | site3 |
 
     When I run `wp cron event schedule wp_cli_network_test now`
     Then STDOUT should contain: