diff --git a/tests/lifecycle/bats/bitcoin-receive.bats b/tests/lifecycle/bats/bitcoin-receive.bats
index 278cbb73..2949bdd6 100644
--- a/tests/lifecycle/bats/bitcoin-receive.bats
+++ b/tests/lifecycle/bats/bitcoin-receive.bats
@@ -71,12 +71,21 @@ _lnd_running() {
 @test "lnd.newaddress returns a bech32 address when lnd is running" {
   _lnd_running || skip "lnd not running"
 
-  run rpc_call lnd.newaddress
-  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
-
-  local err addr
-  err=$(echo "$output" | jq -r '.error.message // .error // empty')
-  addr=$(echo "$output" | jq -r '.result.address // empty')
+  # The bitcoin bounce in bitcoin-knots.bats cascade-restarts lnd (24fd97ed).
+  # After a restart lnd's gRPC comes up seconds before the auto-unlocker gets
+  # through (its UnlockWallet calls log "waiting to start" until then), so
+  # LND_WALLET_LOCKED inside that window is the node settling, not broken —
+  # retry up to 120s. Any other error, or a wallet still locked after the
+  # window, fails immediately below.
+  local deadline=$((SECONDS + 120)) err addr
+  while :; do
+    run rpc_call lnd.newaddress
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    err=$(echo "$output" | jq -r '.error.message // .error // empty')
+    addr=$(echo "$output" | jq -r '.result.address // empty')
+    [[ "$err" == *LND_WALLET_LOCKED* && $SECONDS -lt $deadline ]] || break
+    sleep 10
+  done
 
   # The whole point of the fix: a running lnd must hand back a real address.
   if [[ -n "$err" ]]; then