diff --git a/mir_test.go b/mir_test.go
index 900e268ee..61229f28f 100644
--- a/mir_test.go
+++ b/mir_test.go
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/filecoin-project/mir/pkg/iss"
-	t "github.com/filecoin-project/mir/pkg/types"
-
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
@@ -147,15 +144,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Basic test", func() {
 		}
 	})
 
-	// Create an alternative ISS configuration for a 4-node deployment with a long batch timeout.
-	// It will be used to simulate one node being slow.
-	membership := make([]t.NodeID, 4)
-	for i := 0; i < len(membership); i++ {
-		membership[i] = t.NewNodeIDFromInt(i)
-	}
-	slowProposeConfig := iss.DefaultConfig(membership)
-	slowProposeConfig.MaxProposeDelay = 2 * time.Second
-
 	DescribeTable("Simple tests", testFunc,
 		Entry("Does nothing with 1 node", &deploytest.TestConfig{
 			NumReplicas: 1,
@@ -164,11 +152,11 @@ var _ = Describe("Basic test", func() {
 			Duration:    4 * time.Second,
 		}),
 		Entry("Does nothing with 4 nodes", &deploytest.TestConfig{
-			NumReplicas:           4,
-			Transport:             "fake",
-			Directory:             "",
-			Duration:              20 * time.Second,
-			FirstReplicaISSConfig: slowProposeConfig,
+			NumReplicas:         4,
+			Transport:           "fake",
+			Directory:           "",
+			Duration:            20 * time.Second,
+			SlowProposeReplicas: map[int]bool{0: true},
 		}),
 		Entry("Submits 10 fake requests with 1 node", &deploytest.TestConfig{
 			NumReplicas:     1,
@@ -186,13 +174,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Basic test", func() {
 			Duration:        4 * time.Second,
 		}),
 		Entry("Submits 100 fake requests with 4 nodes", &deploytest.TestConfig{
-			NumReplicas:           4,
-			NumClients:            0,
-			Transport:             "fake",
-			NumFakeRequests:       100,
-			Directory:             "",
-			Duration:              10 * time.Second,
-			FirstReplicaISSConfig: slowProposeConfig,
+			NumReplicas:         4,
+			NumClients:          0,
+			Transport:           "fake",
+			NumFakeRequests:     100,
+			Directory:           "",
+			Duration:            10 * time.Second,
+			SlowProposeReplicas: map[int]bool{0: true},
 		}),
 		Entry("Submits 10 fake requests with 4 nodes and actual networking", &deploytest.TestConfig{
 			NumReplicas:     4,
diff --git a/pkg/deploytest/deployment.go b/pkg/deploytest/deployment.go
index 8ed1c29a3..70411e3e4 100644
--- a/pkg/deploytest/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/deploytest/deployment.go
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ type TestConfig struct {
 	// Duration after which the test deployment will be asked to shut down.
 	Duration time.Duration
 
-	// If not nil, the TestReplica with ID 0 will use this ISS configuration instead of the default one.
-	FirstReplicaISSConfig *iss.Config
+	// A set of replicas that are slow in proposing batches that is likely to trigger view change.
+	SlowProposeReplicas map[int]bool
 
 	// Logger to use for producing diagnostic messages.
 	Logger logging.Logger
@@ -128,13 +128,16 @@ func NewDeployment(testConfig *TestConfig) (*Deployment, error) {
 			)
 		}
 
-		// Create instance of TestReplica.
-		// The first TestReplica might get a special ISS configuration.
-		// This is useful if one replica should do something else than the others during the test (e.g., fail).
-		var issConfig *iss.Config
-		if i == 0 {
-			issConfig = testConfig.FirstReplicaISSConfig
+		// ISS configuration
+		issConfig := iss.DefaultConfig(membership)
+		if testConfig.SlowProposeReplicas[i] {
+			// Increase MaxProposeDelay such that it is likely to trigger view change by the batch timeout.
+			// Since a sensible value for the segment timeout needs to be stricter than the batch timeout,
+			// in the worst case, it will trigger view change by the segment timeout.
+			issConfig.MaxProposeDelay = issConfig.PBFTViewChangeBatchTimeout
 		}
+
+		// Create instance of TestReplica.
 		replicas[i] = &TestReplica{
 			ID:              t.NewNodeIDFromInt(i),
 			Config:          config,