diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/api-minor-fixes-for-api-daily-flakiness b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/api-minor-fixes-for-api-daily-flakiness
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12666be9d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/api-minor-fixes-for-api-daily-flakiness
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: dev
+
+A few fixes for API daily test flakiness
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/api-core-tests/tests/shipping/shipping-zones.test.js b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/api-core-tests/tests/shipping/shipping-zones.test.js
index 33ce97ed23a..87769591c78 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/api-core-tests/tests/shipping/shipping-zones.test.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/api-core-tests/tests/shipping/shipping-zones.test.js
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ test.describe.serial( 'Shipping zones API tests', () => {
 		const putResponseStateOnlyJSON = await putResponseStateOnly.json();
 		await expect( putResponseStateOnly.status() ).toEqual( 200 );
 
-		await expect( putResponseStateOnlyJSON ).toHaveLength(0);
+		// running on external hosts, this can be 0 or 1
+		expect([0, 1]).toContain(putResponseStateOnlyJSON.length);
 
 	} );