diff --git a/internal/pkg/core/backoff/backoff_test.go b/internal/pkg/core/backoff/backoff_test.go
index 12332eb15f2..0689e7ae7d6 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/core/backoff/backoff_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/core/backoff/backoff_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 type factory func(<-chan struct{}) Backoff
 
 func TestCloseChannel(t *testing.T) {
-	init := 2 * time.Millisecond
+	init := time.Second
 	max := 5 * time.Second
 
 	tests := map[string]factory{
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestCloseChannel(t *testing.T) {
 			c := make(chan struct{})
 			b := f(c)
 			close(c)
-			assert.False(t, b.Wait())
+			assert.False(t, b.Wait(), "should return false because the channel shuld get closed faster than the next wait duration")
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func TestUnblockAfterInit(t *testing.T) {
 
 			startedAt := time.Now()
 			assert.True(t, WaitOnError(b, errors.New("bad bad")))
-			assert.True(t, time.Now().Sub(startedAt) >= init)
+			assert.True(t, time.Since(startedAt) >= init)
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestNextWait(t *testing.T) {
 
 			startedAt := time.Now()
 			b.Wait()
-			waitDuration := time.Now().Sub(startedAt)
+			waitDuration := time.Since(startedAt)
 			nextWait := b.NextWait()
 
 			t.Logf("actualWait: %s startWait: %s nextWait: %s", waitDuration, startWait, nextWait)
diff --git a/testing/integration/container_cmd_test.go b/testing/integration/container_cmd_test.go
index 01ed5c757ab..27bcf9eecdf 100644
--- a/testing/integration/container_cmd_test.go
+++ b/testing/integration/container_cmd_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/kibana"
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ func TestContainerCMD(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	createPolicyReq := kibana.AgentPolicy{
-		Name:        fmt.Sprintf("test-policy-enroll-%d", time.Now().Unix()),
+		Name:        fmt.Sprintf("test-policy-enroll-%s", uuid.New().String()),
 		Namespace:   info.Namespace,
 		Description: "test policy for agent enrollment",
 		MonitoringEnabled: []kibana.MonitoringEnabledOption{
diff --git a/testing/integration/delay_enroll_test.go b/testing/integration/delay_enroll_test.go
index 3d7e30a82a5..5e0175dee6e 100644
--- a/testing/integration/delay_enroll_test.go
+++ b/testing/integration/delay_enroll_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/kibana"
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ func TestDelayEnroll(t *testing.T) {
 	// name. This policy does not contain any integration.
 	t.Log("Enrolling agent in Fleet with a test policy")
 	createPolicyReq := kibana.AgentPolicy{
-		Name:        fmt.Sprintf("test-policy-enroll-%d", time.Now().Unix()),
+		Name:        fmt.Sprintf("test-policy-enroll-%s", uuid.New().String()),
 		Namespace:   info.Namespace,
 		Description: "test policy for agent enrollment",
 		MonitoringEnabled: []kibana.MonitoringEnabledOption{
diff --git a/testing/integration/logs_ingestion_test.go b/testing/integration/logs_ingestion_test.go
index 55756c1543b..4254c10a5d1 100644
--- a/testing/integration/logs_ingestion_test.go
+++ b/testing/integration/logs_ingestion_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
 	"os"
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestLogIngestionFleetManaged(t *testing.T) {
 	// name. This policy does not contain any integration.
 	t.Log("Enrolling agent in Fleet with a test policy")
 	createPolicyReq := kibana.AgentPolicy{
-		Name:        fmt.Sprintf("test-policy-enroll-%d", time.Now().Unix()),
+		Name:        fmt.Sprintf("test-policy-enroll-%s", uuid.New().String()),
 		Namespace:   info.Namespace,
 		Description: "test policy for agent enrollment",
 		MonitoringEnabled: []kibana.MonitoringEnabledOption{
@@ -253,8 +253,9 @@ func testFlattenedDatastreamFleetPolicy(
 	policy kibana.PolicyResponse,
 ) {
 	dsType := "logs"
-	dsNamespace := cleanString(fmt.Sprintf("%snamespace%d", t.Name(), rand.Uint64()))
-	dsDataset := cleanString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-dataset", t.Name()))
+	id := uuid.New().String()
+	dsNamespace := cleanString(fmt.Sprintf("namespace-%s", id))
+	dsDataset := cleanString(fmt.Sprintf("dataset-%s", id))
 	numEvents := 60
 
 	// tempDir is not deleted to help with debugging issues