diff --git a/receive_stream_test.go b/receive_stream_test.go
index fd73e6ae1..9a8238f49 100644
--- a/receive_stream_test.go
+++ b/receive_stream_test.go
@@ -261,10 +261,12 @@ func TestReceiveStreamDeadlineRemoval(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// now set the deadline to the past to make Read return immediately
 		require.NoError(t, str.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(-time.Second)))
+		synctest.Wait()
+
 		select {
 		case err := <-errChan:
 			require.ErrorIs(t, err, os.ErrDeadlineExceeded)
-		case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		default:
 			t.Fatal("timeout")
 		}
 	})
@@ -356,18 +358,22 @@ func TestReceiveStreamCloseForShutdown(t *testing.T) {
 			errChan <- err
 		}()
 
+		synctest.Wait()
+
 		select {
 		case err := <-errChan:
 			t.Fatalf("read returned before closeForShutdown: %v", err)
-		case <-time.After(time.Second): // short wait to ensure read is blocked
+		default:
 		}
 
 		str.closeForShutdown(assert.AnError)
+		synctest.Wait()
+
 		select {
 		case err := <-errChan:
 			require.ErrorIs(t, err, assert.AnError)
-		case <-time.After(time.Second):
-			t.Fatal("read did not return after closeForShutdown")
+		default:
+			t.Fatal("read should have returned")
 		}
 
 		// following calls to Read should return the error
@@ -404,11 +410,7 @@ func TestReceiveStreamCancellation(t *testing.T) {
 			errChan <- err
 		}()
 
-		select {
-		case err := <-errChan:
-			t.Fatalf("read returned before CancelRead: %v", err)
-		case <-time.After(time.Second):
-		}
+		synctest.Wait()
 
 		str.CancelRead(1234)
 		// this queues a STOP_SENDING frame
@@ -418,12 +420,14 @@ func TestReceiveStreamCancellation(t *testing.T) {
 		require.False(t, hasMore)
 		require.True(t, mockCtrl.Satisfied())
 
+		synctest.Wait()
+
 		select {
 		case err := <-errChan:
 			var streamErr *StreamError
 			require.ErrorAs(t, err, &streamErr)
 			require.Equal(t, StreamError{StreamID: 42, ErrorCode: 1234, Remote: false}, *streamErr)
-		case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		default:
 			t.Fatal("Read was not unblocked")
 		}
 
@@ -529,11 +533,7 @@ func TestReceiveStreamReset(t *testing.T) {
 			errChan <- err
 		}()
 
-		select {
-		case err := <-errChan:
-			t.Fatalf("read returned before reset: %v", err)
-		case <-time.After(time.Second):
-		}
+		synctest.Wait()
 
 		mockSender.EXPECT().onStreamCompleted(protocol.StreamID(42))
 		gomock.InOrder(
@@ -545,10 +545,12 @@ func TestReceiveStreamReset(t *testing.T) {
 			time.Now(),
 		))
 
+		synctest.Wait()
+
 		select {
 		case err := <-errChan:
 			require.ErrorIs(t, err, &StreamError{StreamID: 42, ErrorCode: 1234, Remote: true})
-		case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		default:
 			t.Fatal("Read was not unblocked")
 		}
 
@@ -616,42 +618,46 @@ func TestReceiveStreamResetAfterFINRead(t *testing.T) {
 // Note that even without the protection built into the receiveStream, this test
 // is very timing-dependent, and would need to run a few hundred times to trigger the failure.
 func TestReceiveStreamConcurrentReads(t *testing.T) {
-	mockCtrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	mockFC := mocks.NewMockStreamFlowController(mockCtrl)
-	mockSender := NewMockStreamSender(mockCtrl)
-	str := newReceiveStream(42, mockSender, mockFC)
+	synctest.Test(t, func(t *testing.T) {
+		mockCtrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+		mockFC := mocks.NewMockStreamFlowController(mockCtrl)
+		mockSender := NewMockStreamSender(mockCtrl)
+		str := newReceiveStream(42, mockSender, mockFC)
 
-	mockFC.EXPECT().UpdateHighestReceived(protocol.ByteCount(6), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).AnyTimes()
-	var bytesRead protocol.ByteCount
-	mockFC.EXPECT().AddBytesRead(gomock.Any()).Do(func(n protocol.ByteCount) (bool, bool) {
-		bytesRead += n
-		return false, false
-	}).AnyTimes()
+		mockFC.EXPECT().UpdateHighestReceived(protocol.ByteCount(6), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).AnyTimes()
+		var bytesRead protocol.ByteCount
+		mockFC.EXPECT().AddBytesRead(gomock.Any()).Do(func(n protocol.ByteCount) (bool, bool) {
+			bytesRead += n
+			return false, false
+		}).AnyTimes()
 
-	var numCompleted atomic.Int32
-	mockSender.EXPECT().onStreamCompleted(protocol.StreamID(42)).Do(func(protocol.StreamID) {
-		numCompleted.Add(1)
-	}).AnyTimes()
+		var numCompleted atomic.Int32
+		mockSender.EXPECT().onStreamCompleted(protocol.StreamID(42)).Do(func(protocol.StreamID) {
+			numCompleted.Add(1)
+		}).AnyTimes()
 
-	const num = 3
-	errChan := make(chan error, num)
-	for range num {
-		go func() {
-			_, err := str.Read(make([]byte, 8))
-			errChan <- err
-		}()
-	}
-	require.NoError(t, str.handleStreamFrame(&wire.StreamFrame{Data: []byte("foobar"), Fin: true}, time.Now()))
-	for range num {
-		select {
-		case err := <-errChan:
-			require.ErrorIs(t, err, io.EOF)
-		case <-time.After(time.Second):
-			t.Fatal("timeout")
+		const num = 3
+		errChan := make(chan error, num)
+		for range num {
+			go func() {
+				_, err := str.Read(make([]byte, 8))
+				errChan <- err
+			}()
 		}
-	}
-	require.Equal(t, protocol.ByteCount(6), bytesRead)
-	require.Equal(t, int32(1), numCompleted.Load())
+		require.NoError(t, str.handleStreamFrame(&wire.StreamFrame{Data: []byte("foobar"), Fin: true}, time.Now()))
+		synctest.Wait()
+
+		for range num {
+			select {
+			case err := <-errChan:
+				require.ErrorIs(t, err, io.EOF)
+			default:
+				t.Fatal("read should have returned")
+			}
+		}
+		require.Equal(t, protocol.ByteCount(6), bytesRead)
+		require.Equal(t, int32(1), numCompleted.Load())
+	})
 }
 
 func TestReceiveStreamResetStreamAtBeforeReadOffset(t *testing.T) {