diff --git a/testing/integration/src/common/client.rs b/testing/integration/src/common/client.rs
index 5ae0d8ede4..a88dc843d1 100644
--- a/testing/integration/src/common/client.rs
+++ b/testing/integration/src/common/client.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 use super::{daemon::Daemon, listener::Listener};
 use kaspa_grpc_client::GrpcClient;
-use kaspa_notify::{events::EventType, scope::Scope, subscription::Command};
-use kaspa_rpc_core::RpcResult;
+use kaspa_notify::{events::EventType, notification::Notification as _, scope::Scope, subscription::Command};
+use kaspa_rpc_core::{Notification, RpcResult};
 use std::{
     collections::{HashMap, hash_map::Entry},
     ops::Deref,
+    time::Duration,
 };
 
 /// A multi-listener gRPC client with event type dedicated listeners
@@ -45,6 +46,24 @@ impl ListeningClient {
         self.listeners.get(&event).cloned()
     }
 
+    pub async fn wait_for_notification(
+        &self,
+        event: EventType,
+        timeout_per_notification: Duration,
+        predicate: impl Fn(&Notification) -> bool,
+    ) -> Notification {
+        loop {
+            let notification = tokio::time::timeout(timeout_per_notification, self.listener(event).unwrap().receiver.recv())
+                .await
+                .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("timed out waiting for {event:?} notification"))
+                .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(notification.event_type(), event);
+            if predicate(&notification) {
+                return notification;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn block_added_listener(&self) -> Option<Listener> {
         self.listener(EventType::BlockAdded)
     }
diff --git a/testing/integration/src/common/utils.rs b/testing/integration/src/common/utils.rs
index 66bb2df099..b5083146bb 100644
--- a/testing/integration/src/common/utils.rs
+++ b/testing/integration/src/common/utils.rs
@@ -273,8 +273,11 @@ pub fn is_utxo_spendable(entry: &RpcUtxoEntry, virtual_daa_score: u64, coinbase_
 }
 
 pub async fn mine_block(pay_address: Address, submitting_client: &GrpcClient, listening_clients: &[ListeningClient]) {
-    // Discard all unreceived block added notifications in each listening client
-    listening_clients.iter().for_each(|x| x.block_added_listener().unwrap().drain());
+    // Discard notifications from previous blocks so this helper waits only for the block it submits.
+    listening_clients.iter().for_each(|x| {
+        x.block_added_listener().unwrap().drain();
+        x.virtual_daa_score_changed_listener().unwrap().drain();
+    });
 
     // Mine a block
     let template = submitting_client.get_block_template(pay_address.clone(), vec![]).await.unwrap();
diff --git a/testing/integration/src/daemon_integration_tests.rs b/testing/integration/src/daemon_integration_tests.rs
index 02c40f9a59..10b29e3256 100644
--- a/testing/integration/src/daemon_integration_tests.rs
+++ b/testing/integration/src/daemon_integration_tests.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ use kaspa_consensusmanager::ConsensusManager;
 use kaspa_core::{task::runtime::AsyncRuntime, trace};
 use kaspa_grpc_client::GrpcClient;
 use kaspa_hashes::Hash;
-use kaspa_notify::scope::{BlockAddedScope, UtxosChangedScope, VirtualDaaScoreChangedScope};
+use kaspa_notify::{
+    events::EventType,
+    scope::{BlockAddedScope, UtxosChangedScope, VirtualDaaScoreChangedScope},
+};
 use kaspa_rpc_core::{Notification, RpcTransaction, RpcTransactionId, api::rpc::RpcApi};
 use kaspa_txscript::{
     opcodes::codes, pay_to_address_script, pay_to_script_hash_script, pay_to_script_hash_signature_script,
@@ -226,6 +229,15 @@ async fn daemon_utxos_propagation_test() {
     // Some dummy non-monitored address
     let blank_address = Address::new(kaspad1.network.into(), kaspa_addresses::Version::PubKey, &[0; 32]);
 
+    // Create a multi-listener RPC client on each node. Multi-listener subscriptions are propagated
+    // upstream asynchronously, so subscribe to the streams used by mine_block before the long initial
+    // mining run and later verify that notifications actually flowed through both listeners.
+    let mut clients = vec![ListeningClient::connect(&kaspad2).await, ListeningClient::connect(&kaspad1).await];
+    for x in clients.iter_mut() {
+        x.start_notify(BlockAddedScope {}.into()).await.unwrap();
+        x.start_notify(VirtualDaaScoreChangedScope {}.into()).await.unwrap();
+    }
+
     // Mine 1000 blocks to daemon #1
     let initial_blocks = coinbase_maturity;
     let mut last_block_hash = None;
@@ -282,14 +294,28 @@ async fn daemon_utxos_propagation_test() {
         assert_eq!(accepted_txs_pair.accepted_transaction_ids.len(), 1);
     }
 
-    // Create a multi-listener RPC client on each node...
-    let mut clients = vec![ListeningClient::connect(&kaspad2).await, ListeningClient::connect(&kaspad1).await];
+    // Use the initial mining run as a readiness barrier for the multi-listener notification stack,
+    // then consume the warm-up history through the final block and virtual DAA notifications so
+    // the following mine_block calls observe only fresh notifications.
+    let last_block_hash = last_block_hash.unwrap();
+    let timeout_per_notification = Duration::from_secs(10);
+    for x in clients.iter() {
+        x.wait_for_notification(EventType::BlockAdded, timeout_per_notification, |notification| {
+            matches!(notification, Notification::BlockAdded(notification) if notification.block.header.hash == last_block_hash)
+        })
+        .await;
+        x.wait_for_notification(EventType::VirtualDaaScoreChanged, timeout_per_notification, |notification| {
+            matches!(notification, Notification::VirtualDaaScoreChanged(notification) if notification.virtual_daa_score == initial_blocks)
+        })
+        .await;
+        x.block_added_listener().unwrap().drain();
+        x.virtual_daa_score_changed_listener().unwrap().drain();
+    }
 
-    // ...and subscribe each to some notifications
+    // Subscribe to address-filtered UTXO notifications only after the initial maturity mining, so
+    // the UTXO listener does not accumulate the 1000 coinbase notifications above.
     for x in clients.iter_mut() {
-        x.start_notify(BlockAddedScope {}.into()).await.unwrap();
         x.start_notify(UtxosChangedScope::new(vec![miner_address.clone(), user_address.clone()]).into()).await.unwrap();
-        x.start_notify(VirtualDaaScoreChangedScope {}.into()).await.unwrap();
     }
 
     // Mine some extra blocks so the latest miner reward is added to its balance and some UTXOs reach maturity