diff --git a/ci/long_running_tests/workloads/many_actor_tasks.py b/ci/long_running_tests/workloads/many_actor_tasks.py
index 04c49f351..e4b17dce9 100644
--- a/ci/long_running_tests/workloads/many_actor_tasks.py
+++ b/ci/long_running_tests/workloads/many_actor_tasks.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 
 import time
 
+import numpy as np
+
 import ray
 from ray.cluster_utils import Cluster
 
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ class Actor(object):
 
     def method(self):
         self.value += 1
+        return np.zeros(1024, dtype=np.uint8)
 
 
 actors = [
diff --git a/ci/long_running_tests/workloads/many_tasks.py b/ci/long_running_tests/workloads/many_tasks.py
index c46826835..0f05b9826 100644
--- a/ci/long_running_tests/workloads/many_tasks.py
+++ b/ci/long_running_tests/workloads/many_tasks.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 
 import time
 
+import numpy as np
+
 import ray
 from ray.cluster_utils import Cluster
 
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ ray.init(address=cluster.address)
 
 @ray.remote
 def f(*xs):
-    return 1
+    return np.zeros(1024, dtype=np.uint8)
 
 
 iteration = 0