diff --git a/horizon/karma.conf.js b/horizon/karma.conf.js
index ea59218cb4..6f0e758c6a 100644
--- a/horizon/karma.conf.js
+++ b/horizon/karma.conf.js
@@ -139,12 +139,19 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
       dir: '../../cover/horizon'
     },
 
+    client: {
+      jasmine: {
+        random: false,
+        failSpecWithNoExpectations: true
+      }
+    },
+
     // Coverage threshold values.
     thresholdReporter: {
-      statements: 93, // target 100
+      statements: 92, // target 100
       branches: 84, // target 100
       functions: 91, // target 100
-      lines: 93 // target 100
+      lines: 92 // target 100
     }
   });
 };
diff --git a/horizon/static/framework/conf/resource-type-registry.service.spec.js b/horizon/static/framework/conf/resource-type-registry.service.spec.js
index 8459322dec..58df2e336b 100644
--- a/horizon/static/framework/conf/resource-type-registry.service.spec.js
+++ b/horizon/static/framework/conf/resource-type-registry.service.spec.js
@@ -194,7 +194,12 @@
       });
 
       it("default load function returns a promise", function() {
+        function load() {
+          return 'here be a promise';
+        }
+        type.setLoadFunction(load);
         expect(type.load()).toBeDefined();
+        expect(type.load()).toBe('here be a promise');
       });
 
       it("allows setting a list function", function() {
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/static/dashboard/project/workflow/launch-instance/launch-instance-model.service.spec.js b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/static/dashboard/project/workflow/launch-instance/launch-instance-model.service.spec.js
index 93f2a821fa..8e33169d8b 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/static/dashboard/project/workflow/launch-instance/launch-instance-model.service.spec.js
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/static/dashboard/project/workflow/launch-instance/launch-instance-model.service.spec.js
@@ -159,24 +159,23 @@
           }
         });
 
-        beforeEach(function () {
-          settings = {
-            LAUNCH_INSTANCE_DEFAULTS: {
-              create_volume: true,
-              hide_create_volume: false,
-              config_drive: false,
-              disable_image: false,
-              disable_instance_snapshot: false,
-              disable_volume: false,
-              disable_volume_snapshot: false
-            },
-            DEFAULT_BOOT_SOURCE: 'image'
-          };
-          IMAGE = {type: 'image', label: 'Image', selected: true};
-          VOLUME = {type: 'volume', label: 'Volume', selected: false};
-          VOLUME_SNAPSHOT = {type: 'volume_snapshot', label: 'Volume Snapshot', selected: false};
-          INSTANCE_SNAPSHOT = {type: 'snapshot', label: 'Instance Snapshot', selected: false};
-        });
+        settings = {
+          LAUNCH_INSTANCE_DEFAULTS: {
+            create_volume: true,
+            hide_create_volume: false,
+            config_drive: false,
+            disable_image: false,
+            disable_instance_snapshot: false,
+            disable_volume: false,
+            disable_volume_snapshot: false
+          },
+          DEFAULT_BOOT_SOURCE: 'image'
+        };
+        IMAGE = {type: 'image', label: 'Image', selected: true};
+        VOLUME = {type: 'volume', label: 'Volume', selected: false};
+        VOLUME_SNAPSHOT = {type: 'volume_snapshot', label: 'Volume Snapshot', selected: false};
+        INSTANCE_SNAPSHOT = {type: 'snapshot', label: 'Instance Snapshot', selected: false};
+
         $provide.value('horizon.app.core.openstack-service-api.nova', novaApi);
 
         $provide.value('horizon.app.core.openstack-service-api.security-group', securityGroupApi);
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/karma.conf.js b/openstack_dashboard/karma.conf.js
index 2dd2713baf..d542b82e00 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/karma.conf.js
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/karma.conf.js
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
       dir: '../cover/openstack_dashboard'
     },
 
+    // TODO(tmazur) set failSpecWithNoExpectations to true after fixing tests
+    client: {
+      jasmine: {
+        random: false,
+        failSpecWithNoExpectations: false
+      }
+    },
+
     // Coverage threshold values.
     thresholdReporter: {
       statements: 96, // target 100
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index be51478a67..65b3b2e233 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
     "eslint": "3.0.0",
     "eslint-config-openstack": "4.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-angular": "4.0.1",
-    "jasmine-core": "2.4.1",
-    "karma": "1.1.2",
-    "karma-cli": "1.0.1",
-    "karma-coverage": "1.1.1",
+    "jasmine-core": "3.6.0",
+    "karma": "5.2.3",
+    "karma-cli": "2.0.0",
+    "karma-coverage": "2.0.3",
     "karma-firefox-launcher": "2.1.0",
-    "karma-jasmine": "1.0.2",
+    "karma-jasmine": "4.0.1",
     "karma-ng-html2js-preprocessor": "1.0.0",
     "karma-threshold-reporter": "0.1.15"
   },