diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 029d148..990ddbd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ DEV_IMAGE_PY ?= registry.spb.yadro.com/tools/pytest-neofs-x86_64:7
 SETUP_DIR ?= $(CURDIR)/.setup
 DEV_ENV_DEPLOY_DIR ?= /opt/dev-env
 
+DOCKER_NETWORK = --network host
 ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
 	DOCKER_NETWORK = --network bridge -p 389:389 -p 636:636
 endif
diff --git a/pytest_tests/helpers/ssh_helper.py b/pytest_tests/helpers/ssh_helper.py
index 0536b6f..dad4c94 100644
--- a/pytest_tests/helpers/ssh_helper.py
+++ b/pytest_tests/helpers/ssh_helper.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class SSHCommand:
 class HostClient:
     ssh_client: SSHClient
     SSH_CONNECTION_ATTEMPTS: ClassVar[int] = 3
-    CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 30
+    CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 90
 
     TIMEOUT_RESTORE_CONNECTION = 10, 24
 
@@ -74,14 +74,16 @@ class HostClient:
         if init_ssh_client:
             self.create_connection(self.SSH_CONNECTION_ATTEMPTS)
 
-    def exec(self, cmd: str, verify=True, timeout=30) -> SSHCommand:
+    def exec(self, cmd: str, verify=True, timeout=90) -> SSHCommand:
         cmd_result = self._inner_exec(cmd, timeout)
         if verify:
             assert cmd_result.rc == 0, f'Non zero rc from command: "{cmd}"'
         return cmd_result
 
     @log_command
-    def exec_with_confirmation(self, cmd: str, confirmation: list, verify=True, timeout=10) -> SSHCommand:
+    def exec_with_confirmation(self, cmd: str, confirmation: list, verify=True, timeout=90) -> SSHCommand:
+        if self.login != "root":
+            cmd = f"sudo {cmd}"
         ssh_stdin, ssh_stdout, ssh_stderr = self.ssh_client.exec_command(cmd, timeout=timeout)
         for line in confirmation:
             if not line.endswith('\n'):
@@ -195,6 +197,8 @@ class HostClient:
     def _inner_exec(self, cmd: str, timeout: int) -> SSHCommand:
         if not self.ssh_client:
             self.create_connection()
+        if self.login != "root":
+            cmd = f"sudo {cmd}"
         for _ in range(self.SSH_CONNECTION_ATTEMPTS):
             try:
                 _, stdout, stderr = self.ssh_client.exec_command(cmd, timeout=timeout)
diff --git a/robot/resources/lib/python_keywords/epoch.py b/robot/resources/lib/python_keywords/epoch.py
index c8a2e61..33e9e59 100644
--- a/robot/resources/lib/python_keywords/epoch.py
+++ b/robot/resources/lib/python_keywords/epoch.py
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ def tick_epoch():
         # If neofs-adm is available, then we tick epoch with it (to be consistent with UAT tests)
         cmd = f"{NEOFS_ADM_EXEC} morph force-new-epoch -c {NEOFS_ADM_CONFIG_PATH}"
         logger.info(f"Executing shell command: {cmd}")
-        out = wrappers.run_sh(cmd)
-        logger.info(f"Command completed with output: {out}")
+        try:
+            out = wrappers.run_sh(cmd)
+            logger.info(f"Command completed with output: {out}")
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.error(exc)
+            raise RuntimeError("Failed to tick epoch") from exc
+
         return
 
     # Otherwise we tick epoch using transaction
diff --git a/robot/resources/lib/python_keywords/json_transformers.py b/robot/resources/lib/python_keywords/json_transformers.py
index 218d9fd..fafc136 100644
--- a/robot/resources/lib/python_keywords/json_transformers.py
+++ b/robot/resources/lib/python_keywords/json_transformers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/python3.9
 
 """
     When doing requests to NeoFS, we get JSON output as an automatically decoded
@@ -144,13 +144,15 @@ def decode_common_fields(data: dict):
     header contains several common fields.
     This function rearranges these fields.
     """
-    # reencoding binary IDs
     data["objectID"] = json_reencode(data["objectID"]["value"])
-    data["header"]["containerID"] = json_reencode(data["header"]["containerID"]["value"])
-    data["header"]["ownerID"] = json_reencode(data["header"]["ownerID"]["value"])
-    data["header"]["homomorphicHash"] = json_reencode(data["header"]["homomorphicHash"]["sum"])
-    data["header"]["payloadHash"] = json_reencode(data["header"]["payloadHash"]["sum"])
-    data["header"]["version"] = (
-        f"{data['header']['version']['major']}{data['header']['version']['minor']}"
-    )
+
+    header = data["header"]
+    header["containerID"] = json_reencode(header["containerID"]["value"])
+    header["ownerID"] = json_reencode(header["ownerID"]["value"])
+    header["payloadHash"] = json_reencode(header["payloadHash"]["sum"])
+    header["version"] = f"{header['version']['major']}{header['version']['minor']}"
+    # Homomorphic hash is optional and its calculation might be disabled in trusted network
+    if header.get("homomorphicHash"):
+        header["homomorphicHash"] = json_reencode(header["homomorphicHash"]["sum"])
+
     return data