diff --git a/internal/consensus/reactor_test.go b/internal/consensus/reactor_test.go
index c6fe9a39d..fe27cadcb 100644
--- a/internal/consensus/reactor_test.go
+++ b/internal/consensus/reactor_test.go
@@ -537,6 +537,9 @@ func TestReactorWithEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 		go func(s eventbus.Subscription) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			msg, err := s.Next(ctx)
+			if ctx.Err() != nil {
+				return
+			}
 			if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 				cancel()
 				return
@@ -546,8 +549,17 @@ func TestReactorWithEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 			require.Len(t, block.Evidence, 1)
 		}(sub)
 	}
+	sig := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() { defer close(sig); wg.Wait() }()
 
-	wg.Wait()
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		t.Fatal("operation timed out")
+	case <-sig:
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			t.Fatal("operation aborted")
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func TestReactorCreatesBlockWhenEmptyBlocksFalse(t *testing.T) {
@@ -596,13 +608,25 @@ func TestReactorCreatesBlockWhenEmptyBlocksFalse(t *testing.T) {
 		go func(s eventbus.Subscription) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			_, err := s.Next(ctx)
+			if ctx.Err() != nil {
+				return
+			}
 			if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 				cancel()
 			}
 		}(sub)
 	}
+	sig := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() { defer close(sig); wg.Wait() }()
 
-	wg.Wait()
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		t.Fatal("operation timed out")
+	case <-sig:
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			t.Fatal("operation aborted")
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func TestReactorRecordsVotesAndBlockParts(t *testing.T) {
@@ -632,13 +656,26 @@ func TestReactorRecordsVotesAndBlockParts(t *testing.T) {
 		go func(s eventbus.Subscription) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			_, err := s.Next(ctx)
+			if ctx.Err() != nil {
+				return
+			}
 			if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 				cancel()
 			}
 		}(sub)
 	}
 
-	wg.Wait()
+	sig := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() { defer close(sig); wg.Wait() }()
+
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		t.Fatal("operation timed out")
+	case <-sig:
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			t.Fatal("operation aborted")
+		}
+	}
 
 	// Require at least one node to have sent block parts, but we can't know which
 	// peer sent it.
@@ -712,13 +749,25 @@ func TestReactorVotingPowerChange(t *testing.T) {
 		go func(s eventbus.Subscription) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			_, err := s.Next(ctx)
+			if ctx.Err() != nil {
+				return
+			}
 			if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 				cancel()
 			}
 		}(sub)
 	}
+	sig := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() { defer close(sig); wg.Wait() }()
 
-	wg.Wait()
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		t.Fatal("operation timed out")
+	case <-sig:
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			t.Fatal("operation aborted")
+		}
+	}
 
 	blocksSubs := []eventbus.Subscription{}
 	for _, sub := range rts.subs {
@@ -820,17 +869,26 @@ func TestReactorValidatorSetChanges(t *testing.T) {
 		go func(s eventbus.Subscription) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			_, err := s.Next(ctx)
-			switch {
-			case err == nil:
-			case errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded):
-			default:
+			if ctx.Err() != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 				t.Log(err)
 				cancel()
 			}
 		}(sub)
 	}
+	sig := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() { defer close(sig); wg.Wait() }()
 
-	wg.Wait()
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		t.Fatal("operation timed out")
+	case <-sig:
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			t.Fatal("operation aborted")
+		}
+	}
 
 	// after the wait returns, either there was an error with a
 	// subscription (very unlikely, and causes the context to be