diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c6d4774..33d4de7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS=$(shell go run sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-env
 
 .PHONY: test
 test: manifests generate fmt ## Run tests.
-	KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS="$(KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS)" go test ./... -coverprofile cover.out -v
+	KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS="$(KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS)" go test -coverprofile cover.out -v ./...
 
 ##@ Build
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/ipam/ipam_suite_test.go b/pkg/controller/ipam/ipam_suite_test.go
index 81eaa89..53ec269 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/ipam/ipam_suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/ipam/ipam_suite_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,15 @@ var (
 
 func TestAPIs(t *testing.T) {
 	gomega.RegisterFailHandler(ginkgo.Fail)
-	ginkgo.RunSpecs(t, "Node IPAM Controller Suite")
+	// ginkgo only prints test names and output when either tests failed or when ginkgo run with -ginkgo.v (verbose).
+	// When running test with `go test -v ./... -ginkgo.v` each package is built and run as a separate binary, hence
+	// for all other packages but node-ipam-controller/pkg/controller/ipam the flag `-ginkgo.v` is unknown, which lead
+	// to error "flag provided but not defined: -ginkgo.v".
+	// To work it around the following two lines set verbosity manually, so the output contains test names (and log
+	// messages from the controller).
+	suiteCfg, repCfg := ginkgo.GinkgoConfiguration()
+	repCfg.Verbose = true
+	ginkgo.RunSpecs(t, "Node IPAM Controller Suite", suiteCfg, repCfg)
 }
 
 var _ = ginkgo.BeforeSuite(func() {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/ipam/ipam_test.go b/pkg/controller/ipam/ipam_test.go
index ed49c91..76af419 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/ipam/ipam_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/ipam/ipam_test.go
@@ -174,12 +174,19 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Pod CIDRs", ginkgo.Ordered, func() {
 		clusterCIDR, err := cidrClient.NetworkingV1().ClusterCIDRs().Create(ctx, originalClusterCIDR, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 		gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
 
-		clusterCIDR.Spec.NodeSelector = nodeSelector(map[string][]string{"ipv4": {"false"}, "ipv6": {"false"}})
-		clusterCIDR.Spec.PerNodeHostBits = int32(9)
-		clusterCIDR.Spec.IPv4 = "10.10.0.0/23"
-		clusterCIDR.Spec.IPv6 = "fd00:30:101::/119"
+		// wait until creation is done and the finalizer is set.
+		gomega.Eventually(komega.Object(clusterCIDR)).Should(gomega.WithTransform(func(c *v1.ClusterCIDR) []string {
+			return c.GetFinalizers()
+		}, gomega.ContainElement(clusterCIDRFinalizer)))
 
-		_, err = cidrClient.NetworkingV1().ClusterCIDRs().Update(ctx, clusterCIDR, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
+		updated := clusterCIDR.DeepCopy()
+
+		updated.Spec.NodeSelector = nodeSelector(map[string][]string{"ipv4": {"false"}, "ipv6": {"false"}})
+		updated.Spec.PerNodeHostBits = int32(9)
+		updated.Spec.IPv4 = "10.10.0.0/23"
+		updated.Spec.IPv6 = "fd00:30:101::/119"
+
+		_, err = cidrClient.NetworkingV1().ClusterCIDRs().Update(ctx, updated, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
 
 		gomega.Expect(err).Should(gomega.MatchError(gomega.ContainSubstring("NodeSelector cannot be changed.")))
 		gomega.Expect(err).Should(gomega.MatchError(gomega.ContainSubstring("PerNodeHostBits cannot be changed.")))
diff --git a/pkg/controller/ipam/multi_cidr_range_allocator.go b/pkg/controller/ipam/multi_cidr_range_allocator.go
index c843caa..726ba58 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/ipam/multi_cidr_range_allocator.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/ipam/multi_cidr_range_allocator.go
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ func (r *multiCIDRRangeAllocator) processNextCIDRWorkItem(ctx context.Context) b
 		// Finally, if no error occurs we Forget this item so it does not
 		// get cidrQueued again until another change happens.
 		r.cidrQueue.Forget(obj)
-		logger.Info("Successfully synced", "key", key)
+		logger.Info("Successfully synced cidr", "key", key)
 		return nil
 	}(ctx, obj)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ func (r *multiCIDRRangeAllocator) processNextNodeWorkItem(ctx context.Context) b
 		// Finally, if no error occurs we Forget this item so it does not
 		// get nodeQueue again until another change happens.
 		r.nodeQueue.Forget(obj)
-		logger.Info("Successfully synced", "key", key)
+		logger.Info("Successfully synced node", "key", key)
 		return nil
 	}(klog.FromContext(ctx), obj)
 	if err != nil {