diff --git a/tests/client/test_sse_attempt.py b/tests/client/test_sse_attempt.py
index 4005467..1f856bb 100644
--- a/tests/client/test_sse_attempt.py
+++ b/tests/client/test_sse_attempt.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from starlette.applications import Starlette
 from starlette.routing import Mount, Route
 import httpx
 from httpx import ReadTimeout, ASGITransport
+from starlette.responses import Response
+from sse_starlette.sse import EventSourceResponse
 
 from mcp.client.sse import sse_client
 from mcp.server.sse import SseServerTransport
@@ -21,17 +23,33 @@ async def sse_app(sse_transport):
     """Fixture that creates a Starlette app with SSE endpoints."""
     async def handle_sse(request):
         """Handler for SSE connections."""
-        async with sse_transport.connect_sse(
-            request.scope, request.receive, request._send
-        ) as streams:
-            client_to_server, server_to_client = streams
-            async for message in client_to_server:
-                # Echo messages back for testing
-                await server_to_client.send(message)
+        async def event_generator():
+            # Send initial connection event
+            yield {
+                "event": "endpoint",
+                "data": "/messages",
+            }
+            
+            # Keep connection alive
+            async with sse_transport.connect_sse(
+                request.scope, request.receive, request._send
+            ) as streams:
+                client_to_server, server_to_client = streams
+                async for message in client_to_server:
+                    yield {
+                        "event": "message",
+                        "data": message.model_dump_json(),
+                    }
+
+        return EventSourceResponse(event_generator())
+
+    async def handle_post(request):
+        """Handler for POST messages."""
+        return Response(status_code=200)
 
     routes = [
         Route("/sse", endpoint=handle_sse),
-        Mount("/messages", app=sse_transport.handle_post_message),
+        Route("/messages", endpoint=handle_post, methods=["POST"]),
     ]
 
     return Starlette(routes=routes)
@@ -40,9 +58,11 @@ async def sse_app(sse_transport):
 @pytest.fixture
 async def test_client(sse_app):
     """Create a test client with ASGI transport."""
+    transport = ASGITransport(app=sse_app)
     async with httpx.AsyncClient(
-        transport=ASGITransport(app=sse_app),
+        transport=transport,
         base_url="http://testserver",
+        timeout=5.0,
     ) as client:
         yield client
 
@@ -53,7 +73,8 @@ async def test_sse_connection(test_client):
     async with sse_client(
         "http://testserver/sse",
         headers={"Host": "testserver"},
-        timeout=5,
+        timeout=2,
+        sse_read_timeout=1,
         client=test_client,
     ) as (read_stream, write_stream):
         # Send a test message
@@ -74,7 +95,7 @@ async def test_sse_read_timeout(test_client):
         async with sse_client(
             "http://testserver/sse",
             headers={"Host": "testserver"},
-            timeout=5,
+            timeout=2,
             sse_read_timeout=1,
             client=test_client,
         ) as (read_stream, write_stream):
@@ -90,7 +111,7 @@ async def test_sse_connection_error(test_client):
         async with sse_client(
             "http://testserver/nonexistent",
             headers={"Host": "testserver"},
-            timeout=5,
+            timeout=2,
             client=test_client,
         ):
             pass  # Should not reach here
@@ -102,7 +123,8 @@ async def test_sse_multiple_messages(test_client):
     async with sse_client(
         "http://testserver/sse",
         headers={"Host": "testserver"},
-        timeout=5,
+        timeout=2,
+        sse_read_timeout=1,
         client=test_client,
     ) as (read_stream, write_stream):
         # Send multiple test messages