diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9f1f9ff..57ab098 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 language: php
+
 php:
   - 5.3
   - 5.4
@@ -7,7 +8,10 @@ php:
   - 7
   - hhvm
 
-before_script:
-  - composer install --dev --prefer-source --no-interaction
+sudo: false
+
+install:
+  - composer install --prefer-source --no-interaction
+
 script:
   - phpunit --coverage-text
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 49c1588..e78f6ab 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -19,5 +19,8 @@
         "react/event-loop": ">=0.2, <0.5",
         "react/dns": ">=0.2, <0.5",
         "react/promise": "~2.0|~1.1"
+    },
+    "require-dev": {
+        "clue/block-react": "~1.0"
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/FactoryTest.php b/tests/FactoryTest.php
index e2f499a..65adfe2 100644
--- a/tests/FactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/FactoryTest.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 use React\Datagram\Socket;
+use Clue\React\Block;
 
 class FactoryTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ public function testCreateClient()
     {
         $promise = $this->factory->createClient('127.0.0.1:12345');
 
-        $capturedClient = $this->getValueFromResolvedPromise($promise);
+        $capturedClient = Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
         $this->assertInstanceOf('React\Datagram\Socket', $capturedClient);
 
         $capturedClient->close();
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ public function testCreateClientLocalhost()
     {
         $promise = $this->factory->createClient('localhost:12345');
 
-        $capturedClient = $this->getValueFromResolvedPromise($promise);
+        $capturedClient = Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
         $this->assertInstanceOf('React\Datagram\Socket', $capturedClient);
 
         $capturedClient->close();
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ public function testCreateClientIpv6()
     {
         $promise = $this->factory->createClient('[::1]:12345');
 
-        $capturedClient = $this->getValueFromResolvedPromise($promise);
+        $capturedClient = Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
         $this->assertInstanceOf('React\Datagram\Socket', $capturedClient);
 
         $capturedClient->close();
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public function testCreateServer()
     {
         $promise = $this->factory->createServer('127.0.0.1:12345');
 
-        $capturedServer = $this->getValueFromResolvedPromise($promise);
+        $capturedServer = Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
         $this->assertInstanceOf('React\Datagram\Socket', $capturedServer);
 
         $capturedServer->close();
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public function testCreateServerRandomPort()
     {
         $promise = $this->factory->createServer('127.0.0.1:0');
 
-        $capturedServer = $this->getValueFromResolvedPromise($promise);
+        $capturedServer = Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
         $this->assertInstanceOf('React\Datagram\Socket', $capturedServer);
 
         $this->assertNotEquals('127.0.0.1:0', $capturedServer->getLocalAddress());
diff --git a/tests/SocketTest.php b/tests/SocketTest.php
index b5e9416..c885033 100644
--- a/tests/SocketTest.php
+++ b/tests/SocketTest.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 use React\Datagram\Socket;
+use Clue\React\Block;
 
 class SocketTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ public function setUp()
     public function testCreateClientCloseWillNotBlock()
     {
         $promise = $this->factory->createClient('127.0.0.1:12345');
-        $client = $this->getValueFromResolvedPromise($promise);
+        $client = Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
 
         $client->send('test');
         $client->close();
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ public function testClientCloseAgainWillNotBlock(Socket $client)
     public function testCreateClientEndWillNotBlock()
     {
         $promise = $this->factory->createClient('127.0.0.1:12345');
-        $client = $this->getValueFromResolvedPromise($promise);
+        $client = Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
 
         $client->send('test');
         $client->end();
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ public function testClientSendAfterEndIsNoop(Socket $client)
     public function testClientSendHugeWillFail()
     {
         $promise = $this->factory->createClient('127.0.0.1:12345');
-        $client = $this->getValueFromResolvedPromise($promise);
+        $client = Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
 
         $client->send(str_repeat(1, 1024 * 1024));
         $client->on('error', $this->expectCallableOnce());
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ public function testClientSendHugeWillFail()
     public function testClientSendNoServerWillFail()
     {
         $promise = $this->factory->createClient('127.0.0.1:1234');
-        $client = $this->getValueFromResolvedPromise($promise);
+        $client = Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
 
         // send a message to a socket that is not actually listening
         // expect the remote end to reject this by sending an ICMP message
@@ -114,10 +115,10 @@ public function testClientSendNoServerWillFail()
     public function testCreatePair()
     {
         $promise = $this->factory->createServer('127.0.0.1:0');
-        $server = $this->getValueFromResolvedPromise($promise);
+        $server = Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
 
         $promise = $this->factory->createClient($server->getLocalAddress());
-        $client = $this->getValueFromResolvedPromise($promise);
+        $client = Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
 
         $that = $this;
         $server->on('message', function ($message, $remote, $server) use ($that) {
@@ -158,10 +159,10 @@ public function provideSanitizeAddress()
     public function testSanitizeAddress($address)
     {
         $promise = $this->factory->createServer($address);
-        $server = $this->getValueFromResolvedPromise($promise);
-        
+        $server = Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
+
         $promise = $this->factory->createClient($server->getLocalAddress());
-        $client = $this->getValueFromResolvedPromise($promise);
+        $client = Block\await($promise, $this->loop);
 
         $that = $this;
         $server->on('message', function ($message, $remote, $server) use ($that) {
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
index e1004a2..a94af33 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -4,25 +4,6 @@
 
 abstract class TestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
-    protected function getValueFromResolvedPromise($promise)
-    {
-        $this->assertInstanceOf('React\Promise\PromiseInterface', $promise);
-
-        $loop = $this->loop;
-        $capturedValue = null;
-        $promise->then(function ($value) use (&$capturedValue, $loop) {
-            $capturedValue = $value;
-            $loop->stop();
-        }, $this->expectCallableNever());
-
-        // future-turn resolutions are not enforced, so the value MAY be known here already
-        if ($capturedValue === null) {
-            $loop->run();
-        }
-
-        return $capturedValue;
-    }
-
     protected function expectCallableOnce()
     {
         $mock = $this->createCallableMock();