diff --git a/contrib/pg_surgery/expected/heap_surgery.out b/contrib/pg_surgery/expected/heap_surgery.out
index 9451c5747b..d4a757ffa0 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_surgery/expected/heap_surgery.out
+++ b/contrib/pg_surgery/expected/heap_surgery.out
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 create extension pg_surgery;
 -- create a normal heap table and insert some rows.
--- note that we don't commit the transaction, so autovacuum can't interfere.
-begin;
-create table htab(a int);
+-- use a temp table so that vacuum behavior doesn't depend on global xmin
+create temp table htab (a int);
 insert into htab values (100), (200), (300), (400), (500);
 -- test empty TID array
 select heap_force_freeze('htab'::regclass, ARRAY[]::tid[]);
@@ -85,9 +84,9 @@ NOTICE:  skipping tid (0, 6) for relation "htab" because the item number is out
  
 (1 row)
 
-rollback;
 -- set up a new table with a redirected line pointer
-create table htab2(a int) with (autovacuum_enabled = off);
+-- use a temp table so that vacuum behavior doesn't depend on global xmin
+create temp table htab2(a int);
 insert into htab2 values (100);
 update htab2 set a = 200;
 vacuum htab2;
@@ -175,6 +174,5 @@ ERROR:  "vw" is not a table, materialized view, or TOAST table
 select heap_force_freeze('vw'::regclass, ARRAY['(0, 1)']::tid[]);
 ERROR:  "vw" is not a table, materialized view, or TOAST table
 -- cleanup.
-drop table htab2;
 drop view vw;
 drop extension pg_surgery;
diff --git a/contrib/pg_surgery/sql/heap_surgery.sql b/contrib/pg_surgery/sql/heap_surgery.sql
index 8a27214e9c..6526b27535 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_surgery/sql/heap_surgery.sql
+++ b/contrib/pg_surgery/sql/heap_surgery.sql
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 create extension pg_surgery;
 
 -- create a normal heap table and insert some rows.
--- note that we don't commit the transaction, so autovacuum can't interfere.
-begin;
-create table htab(a int);
+-- use a temp table so that vacuum behavior doesn't depend on global xmin
+create temp table htab (a int);
 insert into htab values (100), (200), (300), (400), (500);
 
 -- test empty TID array
@@ -38,10 +37,9 @@ select ctid, xmax from htab where xmin = 2;
 -- out-of-range TIDs should be skipped
 select heap_force_freeze('htab'::regclass, ARRAY['(0, 0)', '(0, 6)']::tid[]);
 
-rollback;
-
 -- set up a new table with a redirected line pointer
-create table htab2(a int) with (autovacuum_enabled = off);
+-- use a temp table so that vacuum behavior doesn't depend on global xmin
+create temp table htab2(a int);
 insert into htab2 values (100);
 update htab2 set a = 200;
 vacuum htab2;
@@ -86,6 +84,5 @@ select heap_force_kill('vw'::regclass, ARRAY['(0, 1)']::tid[]);
 select heap_force_freeze('vw'::regclass, ARRAY['(0, 1)']::tid[]);
 
 -- cleanup.
-drop table htab2;
 drop view vw;
 drop extension pg_surgery;