diff --git a/pkg/dtls/heartbeat_test.go b/pkg/dtls/heartbeat_test.go
index ffd8464d..1b1e040d 100644
--- a/pkg/dtls/heartbeat_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dtls/heartbeat_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ type mockStream struct {
 	recvCh    <-chan []byte
 	closeOnce sync.Once
 	closeCh   chan struct{}
+	closed    uint32
 }
 
 func (*mockStream) BufferedAmount() uint64                  { return 0 }
@@ -30,6 +32,9 @@ func (*mockStream) SetBufferedAmountLowThreshold(th uint64) {}
 func (*mockStream) OnBufferedAmountLow(f func())            {}
 
 func (s *mockStream) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	if atomic.LoadUint32(&s.closed) == 1 {
+		return 0, net.ErrClosed
+	}
 	s.rddlMutex.RLock()
 	defer s.rddlMutex.RUnlock()
 
@@ -52,6 +57,10 @@ func (s *mockStream) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	}
 }
 func (s *mockStream) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	if atomic.LoadUint32(&s.closed) == 1 {
+		return 0, net.ErrClosed
+	}
+
 	s.wddlMutex.RLock()
 	defer s.wddlMutex.RUnlock()
 
@@ -88,6 +97,7 @@ func (s *mockStream) SetWriteDeadline(t time.Time) error {
 }
 
 func (s *mockStream) Close() error {
+	atomic.StoreUint32(&s.closed, 1)
 	s.closeOnce.Do(func() { close(s.closeCh) })
 
 	return nil
@@ -121,50 +131,67 @@ func TestHeartbeatReadWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	sent := 0
 	toSend := []byte("testtt")
 	sendTimes := 5
-	sleepInterval := 1000 * time.Millisecond
+	sleepInterval := conf.Interval / 3
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), sleepInterval*5+sleepInterval/2)
+	defer cancel()
+
 	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
+	go func(ctx1 context.Context) {
 		defer wg.Done()
 		defer client.Close()
 		defer server.Close()
 		for i := 0; i < sendTimes; i++ {
-			buffer := make([]byte, 4096)
-			err := s.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(sleepInterval * 2))
-			require.Nil(t, err)
-			n, err := s.Read(buffer)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Log(err)
-				return
-			}
-			if string(toSend) != string(buffer[:n]) {
-				t.Log("read incorrect value", toSend, buffer[:n])
-				t.Fail()
+			select {
+			case <-ctx1.Done():
+				server.Close()
 				return
+			default:
+				buffer := make([]byte, 4096)
+				err := s.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(sleepInterval * 2))
+				require.Nil(t, err)
+				n, err := s.Read(buffer)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Log(err)
+					return
+				}
+				if string(toSend) != string(buffer[:n]) {
+					t.Log("read incorrect value", toSend, buffer[:n])
+					t.Fail()
+					return
+				}
+				recvd++
+
 			}
-			recvd++
 		}
-	}()
+	}(ctx)
 
 	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
+	go func(ctx2 context.Context) {
 		defer wg.Done()
+
 		for i := 0; i < sendTimes; i++ {
-			err := server.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(sleepInterval * 2))
-			require.Nil(t, err)
-			_, err = client.Write(toSend)
-			if err != nil {
-				if !errors.Is(err, net.ErrClosed) {
-					t.Log("encountered error writing", err)
-					t.Fail()
-				}
+			select {
+			case <-ctx2.Done():
+				client.Close()
 				return
+			default:
+				err := server.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(sleepInterval * 2))
+				require.Nil(t, err)
+				_, err = client.Write(toSend)
+				if err != nil {
+					if !errors.Is(err, net.ErrClosed) {
+						t.Log("encountered error writing", err)
+						t.Fail()
+					}
+					return
+				}
+				sent++
 			}
-			sent++
 			time.Sleep(sleepInterval)
 		}
-	}()
+	}(ctx)
 
 	wg.Wait()
 	require.Equal(t, sent, recvd)