diff --git a/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/04-ban-agent b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/04-ban-agent
index 5bf2276269..1aba534254 100755
--- a/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/04-ban-agent
+++ b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/04-ban-agent
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@
 
 log-debug "banning agent..."
 
-docker compose exec -T spire-server \
-    /opt/spire/bin/spire-server agent ban \
-    -spiffeID "spiffe://domain.test/spire/agent/x509pop/$(fingerprint conf/agent/agent.crt.pem)"
-
-# Check at most 30 times (with one second in between) that the agent has
-# successfully banned
+# Attempt at most 30 times (with one second in between) to ban the agent
 MAXCHECKS=30
 CHECKINTERVAL=1
+spiffe_id="spiffe://domain.test/spire/agent/x509pop/$(fingerprint conf/agent/agent.crt.pem)"
 for ((i=1;i<=MAXCHECKS;i++)); do
-    log-info "checking for agent is shutting down ($i of $MAXCHECKS max)..."
-    docker compose logs spire-agent
-    if docker compose logs spire-agent | grep "Agent is banned: removing SVID and shutting down"; then
+    log-info "attempting to ban agent ${spiffe_id} ($i of $MAXCHECKS max)..."
+
+    docker compose exec -T spire-server \
+        /opt/spire/bin/spire-server agent ban \
+        -spiffeID "${spiffe_id}"
+    docker compose logs spire-server
+    if docker compose logs spire-server | grep "Agent banned"; then
 	exit 0
     fi
     sleep "${CHECKINTERVAL}"
 done
 
-fail-now "timed out waiting for agent to shutdown"
+fail-now "timed out waiting for successful ban"
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/05-agent-is-banned b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/05-agent-is-banned
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..da9a22e828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/05-agent-is-banned
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check at most 30 times (with one second in between) that the agent has
+# been successfully banned
+MAXCHECKS=30
+CHECKINTERVAL=1
+for ((i=1;i<=MAXCHECKS;i++)); do
+    log-info "checking for agent is shutting down due to being banned ($i of $MAXCHECKS max)..."
+    docker compose logs spire-agent
+    if docker compose logs spire-agent | grep "Agent is banned: removing SVID and shutting down"; then
+	exit 0
+    fi
+    sleep "${CHECKINTERVAL}"
+done
+
+fail-now "timed out waiting for agent to shutdown"
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/05-agent-failed-to-start b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/06-agent-failed-to-start
similarity index 94%
rename from test/integration/suites/evict-agent/05-agent-failed-to-start
rename to test/integration/suites/evict-agent/06-agent-failed-to-start
index 8116e35744..9a4132c7e2 100755
--- a/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/05-agent-failed-to-start
+++ b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/06-agent-failed-to-start
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 log-debug "starting agent again..."
 docker-up spire-agent
 
-# Check at most 30 times (with one second in between) that the agent is not able to get new 
+# Check at most 30 times (with one second in between) that the agent is not able to get new
 # workload entries.
 MAXCHECKS=30
 CHECKINTERVAL=1
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/06-delete-agent b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/06-delete-agent
deleted file mode 100755
index 29fbe58c4e..0000000000
--- a/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/06-delete-agent
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-log-debug "deleting agent to enable reattestation..."
-
-docker compose exec -T spire-server \
-    /opt/spire/bin/spire-server agent evict \
-    -spiffeID "spiffe://domain.test/spire/agent/x509pop/$(fingerprint conf/agent/agent.crt.pem)"
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/07-evict-agent b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/07-evict-agent
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8d63703f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/07-evict-agent
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+log-debug "evicting (deleting) agent to re-enable attestation..."
+
+# Check at most 30 times (with one second in between) that we can evict the agent
+MAXCHECKS=30
+CHECKINTERVAL=1
+spiffe_id="spiffe://domain.test/spire/agent/x509pop/$(fingerprint conf/agent/agent.crt.pem)"
+for ((i=1;i<=MAXCHECKS;i++)); do
+    log-info "attempting to evict agent ${spiffe_id} ($i of $MAXCHECKS max)..."
+
+    docker compose exec -T spire-server \
+        /opt/spire/bin/spire-server agent evict \
+        -spiffeID ${spiffe_id}
+    docker compose logs spire-server
+    if docker compose logs spire-server | grep "Agent deleted"; then
+	exit 0
+    fi
+    sleep "${CHECKINTERVAL}"
+done
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/08-agent-reattest-attempt b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/08-agent-reattest-attempt
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1ecb0dce9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/08-agent-reattest-attempt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+log-debug "agent re-attesting..."
+
+# Check at most 30 times (with one second in between) that the agent knows it can re-attest.
+# This is not true "re-attestation" since when the agent was banned it removed its own SVID.
+MAXCHECKS=30
+CHECKINTERVAL=1
+for ((i=1;i<=MAXCHECKS;i++)); do
+    log-info "checking for agent to get notification and try to reattest ($i of $MAXCHECKS max)..."
+    log-debug "starting agent again..."
+    docker-up spire-agent
+    docker compose logs spire-agent
+    if docker compose logs spire-agent | grep "SVID is not found. Starting node attestation"; then
+	    exit 0
+    fi
+    sleep "${CHECKINTERVAL}"
+done
+
+fail-now "timed out waiting for agent to try to re-attest"
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/08-evict-agent b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/08-evict-agent
deleted file mode 100755
index d7b5de1290..0000000000
--- a/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/08-evict-agent
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-log-debug "deleting agent..."
-
-# Check at most 30 times (with one second in between) that we can evict the agent, it may take a while for it to start up
-MAXCHECKS=30
-CHECKINTERVAL=1
-for ((i=1;i<=MAXCHECKS;i++)); do
-    log-info "attempting to evict agent ($i of $MAXCHECKS max)..."
-    if docker compose exec -T spire-server \
-        /opt/spire/bin/spire-server agent evict \
-        -spiffeID "spiffe://domain.test/spire/agent/x509pop/$(fingerprint conf/agent/agent.crt.pem)"; then
-	    exit 0
-    fi
-    sleep "${CHECKINTERVAL}"
-done
-
-
-# Check at most 30 times (with one second in between) that the agent has to re-attest
-MAXCHECKS=30
-CHECKINTERVAL=1
-for ((i=1;i<=MAXCHECKS;i++)); do
-    log-info "checking for agent to get notification and try to reattest ($i of $MAXCHECKS max)..."
-    docker compose logs spire-agent
-    if docker compose logs spire-agent | grep "Agent needs to re-attest; will attempt to re-attest"; then
-	    exit 0
-    fi
-    sleep "${CHECKINTERVAL}"
-done
-
-# Check at most 30 times (with one second in between) that the agent has re-attested
-MAXCHECKS=30
-CHECKINTERVAL=1
-for ((i=1;i<=MAXCHECKS;i++)); do
-    log-info "checking for agent to get notification and try to reattest ($i of $MAXCHECKS max)..."
-    docker compose logs spire-agent
-    if docker compose logs spire-agent | grep "Successfully reattested node"; then
-	    exit 0
-    fi
-    sleep "${CHECKINTERVAL}"
-done
-
-fail-now "timed out waiting for agent to shut down"
-
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/09-agent-reattested b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/09-agent-reattested
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ed086920f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/09-agent-reattested
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check at most 30 times (with one second in between) that the agent has re-attested
+MAXCHECKS=30
+CHECKINTERVAL=1
+for ((i=1;i<=MAXCHECKS;i++)); do
+    log-info "checking for agent to get notification that it re-attested ($i of $MAXCHECKS max)..."
+    docker compose logs spire-agent
+    if docker compose logs spire-agent | grep "Node attestation was successful"; then
+	    exit 0
+    fi
+    sleep "${CHECKINTERVAL}"
+done
+
+fail-now "timed out waiting for agent to re-attest"
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/07-start-agent b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/10-start-agent
similarity index 83%
rename from test/integration/suites/evict-agent/07-start-agent
rename to test/integration/suites/evict-agent/10-start-agent
index 1981d7b37e..1597a12e14 100755
--- a/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/07-start-agent
+++ b/test/integration/suites/evict-agent/10-start-agent
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 log-debug "starting agent again..."
-
+log-debug "bringing agent down..."
+docker-down spire-agent
+log-debug "starting agent again..."
 docker-up spire-agent
 
 # Check at most 30 times (with one second in between) that the agent is back up