diff --git a/.github/workflows/Test.yml b/.github/workflows/Test.yml
index 27e6473..4212dbc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Test.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         image-tag: '3.7.2'
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v4.0.3
       with:
         node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
     - name: Setup Terraform
diff --git a/packages/aws/features/sqs.feature b/packages/aws/features/sqs.feature
index 711308b..ffffc10 100644
--- a/packages/aws/features/sqs.feature
+++ b/packages/aws/features/sqs.feature
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Feature: AWS: SQS Testing
         Given queue "testQueueAlpha" exists on SQS
         And "Hello there!" is written to file "./test/hello.txt"
         When file "./test/hello.txt" is sent to queue "testQueueAlpha"
-        Then wait 5000 milliseconds
+        Then wait 2000 milliseconds
         And the next message is received from queue "testQueueAlpha"
         And item "lastRun" is equal to "Hello there!"
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Feature: AWS: SQS Testing
         When "Alpha" is sent to queue "testQueueBeta"
         And "Beta" is sent to queue "testQueueBeta"
         And "Charlie" is sent to queue "testQueueBeta"
-        Then wait 5000 milliseconds
+        Then wait 2000 milliseconds
         And 3 messages are received from queue "testQueueBeta"
         And item "lastRun" is equal to:
             """
@@ -47,13 +47,11 @@ Feature: AWS: SQS Testing
         And attributes of queue "testQueueBeta" are received
         And item "lastRun.ApproximateNumberOfMessages" is equal to "0"
 
-    Scenario: Test Purge Queue - Wait for Empty Queue
+    Scenario: Test Purge Queue - Wait for Message Count
         Given queue "testQueueBeta" exists on SQS
         And "qwe" is sent to queue "testQueueBeta"
         And "asd" is sent to queue "testQueueBeta"
         And "zxc" is sent to queue "testQueueBeta"
-        And wait 1000 milliseconds
-        And attributes of queue "testQueueBeta" are received
-        And item "lastRun.ApproximateNumberOfMessages" is equal to "3"
+        Then queue "testQueueBeta" has 3 messages within 15 seconds
         When queue "testQueueBeta" is purged
-        Then queue "testQueueBeta" is empty within 10000 seconds
+        Then queue "testQueueBeta" has 0 messages within 15 seconds
diff --git a/packages/aws/package.json b/packages/aws/package.json
index ccb0487..443553b 100644
--- a/packages/aws/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   },
-  "version": "2.3.0",
+  "version": "2.4.0",
   "description": "AWS steps for MAF. This contains S3, DynamoDB, SQS, ECS, Cloudwatch, and Lambda stepDefinitions",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -36,6 +36,5 @@
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "^6.0.0",
     "multiple-cucumber-html-reporter": "3.5.0",
     "nyc": "^15.1.0"
-  },
-  "gitHead": "c1cb2220ce18a8e3ceee4b375950a0beec4f3a6f"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/aws/stepDefinitions/sqs.js b/packages/aws/stepDefinitions/sqs.js
index eed355d..3d20c1f 100644
--- a/packages/aws/stepDefinitions/sqs.js
+++ b/packages/aws/stepDefinitions/sqs.js
@@ -78,13 +78,19 @@ MAFWhen('queue {string} exists on SQS', async function (queueName) {
 })
 
 /**
- * Waits for a queue to be empty by checking the ApproximateNumberOfMessages attribute
+ * Waits for a queue to have a specific number of messages by checking the ApproximateNumberOfMessages attribute. Checks every 5 seconds.
  * @param {String} queueName The name of the queue
- * @param {int} timeout The maximum time to wait for the queue to be empty
- * @returns true if the queue is empty within the timeout, otherwise throws an error
+ * @param {int} messageCount The number of messages to wait for
+ * @param {int} timeout The maximum time to wait for the queue to have the specified number of messages in seconds
+ * @throws An error if the queue is not empty within the timeout
  */
-MAFWhen('queue {string} is empty within {int} seconds', async function (queueName, timeout) {
-  queueName = filltemplate(queueName, this.results)
+async function waitUntilQueueHasCount (queueName, messageCount, timeout) {
+  if (messageCount < 0) {
+    throw new Error('Message count must be greater than or equal to 0')
+  }
+  if (timeout < 0) {
+    throw new Error('Timeout must be greater than or equal to 0')
+  }
   const startTime = Date.now()
   let queueAttributes
   do {
@@ -92,8 +98,19 @@ MAFWhen('queue {string} is empty within {int} seconds', async function (queueNam
     if (queueAttributes.ApproximateNumberOfMessages === '0') {
       return true
     }
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 5000))
   } while (Date.now() - startTime < timeout * 1000)
   throw new Error('Queue is not empty within ' + timeout + ' seconds')
+}
+
+MAFWhen('queue {string} is empty within {int} second(s)', async function (queueName, timeout) {
+  queueName = filltemplate(queueName, this.results)
+  await waitUntilQueueHasCount(queueName, 0, timeout)
+})
+
+MAFWhen('queue {string} has {int} message(s) within {int} second(s)', async function (queueName, messageCount, timeout) {
+  queueName = filltemplate(queueName, this.results)
+  await waitUntilQueueHasCount(queueName, messageCount, timeout)
 })
 
 /**