diff --git a/community/kernel/src/test/java/org/neo4j/test/Race.java b/community/kernel/src/test/java/org/neo4j/test/Race.java
index 88928bb555e9a..ad4b8611eac1e 100644
--- a/community/kernel/src/test/java/org/neo4j/test/Race.java
+++ b/community/kernel/src/test/java/org/neo4j/test/Race.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport;
 import java.util.function.BooleanSupplier;
 
 import org.neo4j.helpers.Exceptions;
@@ -265,11 +266,8 @@ public void run()
 
         private void randomlyDelaySlightly()
         {
-            int target = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt( 1_000_000_000 );
-            for ( int i = 0; i < target; i++ )
-            {
-                i = i;
-            }
+            int millis = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt( 100 );
+            LockSupport.parkNanos( TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos( 10 + millis ) );
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/community/kernel/src/test/java/org/neo4j/test/RaceTest.java b/community/kernel/src/test/java/org/neo4j/test/RaceTest.java
index 470f5d2cbf0e5..23183fa86b307 100644
--- a/community/kernel/src/test/java/org/neo4j/test/RaceTest.java
+++ b/community/kernel/src/test/java/org/neo4j/test/RaceTest.java
@@ -24,16 +24,14 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.function.BooleanSupplier;
 
+import static java.lang.Thread.sleep;
+import static java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom.current;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.atLeast;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-
-import static java.lang.Thread.sleep;
-import static java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom.current;
-
 import static org.neo4j.test.Race.throwing;
 
 /**
@@ -91,8 +89,8 @@ public void shouldHaveMultipleEndConditions() throws Throwable
         race.go();
 
         // THEN
-        verify( endCondition1, times( 4 ) ).getAsBoolean();
-        verify( endCondition2, times( 4 ) ).getAsBoolean();
+        verify( endCondition1, atLeast( 4 ) ).getAsBoolean();
+        verify( endCondition2, atLeast( 4 ) ).getAsBoolean();
     }
 
     @Test