diff --git a/test/infrastructure/inmemory/pkg/runtime/cache/cache_test.go b/test/infrastructure/inmemory/pkg/runtime/cache/cache_test.go
index dd5f053e0499..7cf3ecffc6cc 100644
--- a/test/infrastructure/inmemory/pkg/runtime/cache/cache_test.go
+++ b/test/infrastructure/inmemory/pkg/runtime/cache/cache_test.go
@@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ func Test_cache_scale(t *testing.T) {
 	operationFrequencyForResourceGroup := 10 * time.Millisecond
 	testDuration := 2 * time.Minute
 
-	var createCount uint64
-	var getCount uint64
-	var listCount uint64
-	var deleteCount uint64
+	var (
+		createCount atomic.Uint64
+		getCount    atomic.Uint64
+		listCount   atomic.Uint64
+		deleteCount atomic.Uint64
+	)
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.TODO())
 	defer cancel()
@@ -95,17 +97,17 @@ func Test_cache_scale(t *testing.T) {
 						err := c.Create(resourceGroup, machine)
 						if apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
 							if err = c.Get(resourceGroup, types.NamespacedName{Name: machineName(item)}, machine); err == nil {
-								atomic.AddUint64(&getCount, 1)
+								getCount.Add(1)
 								continue
 							}
 						}
 						g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-						atomic.AddUint64(&createCount, 1)
+						createCount.Add(1)
 					case 1: // list
 						obj := &cloudv1.CloudMachineList{}
 						err := c.List(resourceGroup, obj)
 						g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-						atomic.AddUint64(&listCount, 1)
+						listCount.Add(1)
 					case 2: // delete
 						g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 						machine := &cloudv1.CloudMachine{
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ func Test_cache_scale(t *testing.T) {
 							continue
 						}
 						g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-						atomic.AddUint64(&deleteCount, 1)
+						deleteCount.Add(1)
 					}
 
 				case <-ctx.Done():
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ func Test_cache_scale(t *testing.T) {
 
 	time.Sleep(testDuration)
 
-	t.Log("createCount", createCount, "getCount", getCount, "listCount", listCount, "deleteCount", deleteCount)
+	t.Log("createCount", createCount.Load(), "getCount", getCount.Load(), "listCount", listCount.Load(), "deleteCount", deleteCount.Load())
 
 	cancel()
 }
diff --git a/test/infrastructure/inmemory/pkg/runtime/cache/gc.go b/test/infrastructure/inmemory/pkg/runtime/cache/gc.go
index 84297a37463d..3db3089750c8 100644
--- a/test/infrastructure/inmemory/pkg/runtime/cache/gc.go
+++ b/test/infrastructure/inmemory/pkg/runtime/cache/gc.go
@@ -41,20 +41,20 @@ func (c *cache) startGarbageCollector(ctx context.Context) error {
 	ctx = ctrl.LoggerInto(ctx, log)
 
 	log.Info("Starting garbage collector queue")
-	c.garbageCollectorQueue = workqueue.NewTypedRateLimitingQueue[any](workqueue.DefaultTypedControllerRateLimiter[any]())
+	c.garbageCollectorQueue = workqueue.NewTypedRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultTypedControllerRateLimiter[any]())
 	go func() {
 		<-ctx.Done()
 		c.garbageCollectorQueue.ShutDown()
 	}()
 
-	var workers int64
+	var workers atomic.Int64
 	go func() {
 		log.Info("Starting garbage collector workers", "count", c.garbageCollectorConcurrency)
 		wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 		wg.Add(c.garbageCollectorConcurrency)
 		for range c.garbageCollectorConcurrency {
 			go func() {
-				atomic.AddInt64(&workers, 1)
+				workers.Add(1)
 				defer wg.Done()
 				for c.processGarbageCollectorWorkItem(ctx) {
 				}
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (c *cache) startGarbageCollector(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}()
 
 	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 50*time.Millisecond, 5*time.Second, false, func(context.Context) (done bool, err error) {
-		if atomic.LoadInt64(&workers) < int64(c.garbageCollectorConcurrency) {
+		if workers.Load() < int64(c.garbageCollectorConcurrency) {
 			return false, nil
 		}
 		return true, nil