diff --git a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/InformerRelatedBehaviorITS.java b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/InformerRelatedBehaviorITS.java
index 26f544bd90..3f19c27e53 100644
--- a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/InformerRelatedBehaviorITS.java
+++ b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/InformerRelatedBehaviorITS.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import java.time.Duration;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.*;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapBuilder;
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@
 /**
  * The test relies on a special api server configuration: "min-request-timeout" to have a very low
  * value (in case want to try with minikube use: "minikube start
- * --extra-config=apiserver.min-request-timeout=3")
+ * --extra-config=apiserver.min-request-timeout=1")
  *
  * <p>
  * This is important when tests are affected by permission changes, since the watch permissions are
@@ -45,9 +47,11 @@
  * The test ends with "ITS" (Special) since it needs to run separately from other ITs
  * </p>
  */
-@EnableKubeAPIServer(apiServerFlags = {"--min-request-timeout", "3"})
+@EnableKubeAPIServer(apiServerFlags = {"--min-request-timeout", "1"})
 class InformerRelatedBehaviorITS {
 
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(InformerRelatedBehaviorITS.class);
+
   public static final String TEST_RESOURCE_NAME = "test1";
   public static final String ADDITIONAL_NAMESPACE_SUFFIX = "-additional";
 
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ class InformerRelatedBehaviorITS {
   InformerRelatedBehaviorTestReconciler reconciler;
   String actualNamespace;
   String additionalNamespace;
+  Operator operator;
   volatile boolean replacementStopHandlerCalled = false;
 
   @BeforeEach
@@ -72,8 +77,11 @@ void beforeEach(TestInfo testInfo) {
 
   @AfterEach
   void cleanup() {
-    adminClient.resource(testCustomResource()).delete();
+    if (operator != null) {
+      operator.stop(Duration.ofSeconds(1));
+    }
     adminClient.resource(dependentConfigMap()).delete();
+    adminClient.resource(testCustomResource()).delete();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -90,7 +98,7 @@ void startsUpWhenNoPermissionToCustomResource() {
     adminClient.resource(testCustomResource()).createOrReplace();
     setNoCustomResourceAccess();
 
-    var operator = startOperator(false);
+    operator = startOperator(false);
     assertNotReconciled();
     assertRuntimeInfoNoCRPermission(operator);
 
@@ -106,7 +114,7 @@ void startsUpWhenNoPermissionToSecondaryResource() {
     adminClient.resource(testCustomResource()).createOrReplace();
     setNoConfigMapAccess();
 
-    var operator = startOperator(false);
+    operator = startOperator(false);
     assertNotReconciled();
     assertRuntimeInfoForSecondaryPermission(operator);
 
@@ -120,7 +128,7 @@ void startsUpIfNoPermissionToOneOfTwoNamespaces() {
     adminClient.resource(namespace(additionalNamespace)).createOrReplace();
 
     addRoleBindingsToTestNamespaces();
-    var operator = startOperator(false, false, actualNamespace, additionalNamespace);
+    operator = startOperator(false, false, actualNamespace, additionalNamespace);
     assertInformerNotWatchingForAdditionalNamespace(operator);
 
     adminClient.resource(testCustomResource()).createOrReplace();
@@ -151,17 +159,18 @@ private void assertInformerNotWatchingForAdditionalNamespace(Operator operator)
     assertThat(configMapHealthIndicator.isWatching()).isFalse();
   }
 
+
   @Test
   void resilientForLoosingPermissionForCustomResource() {
     setFullResourcesAccess();
-    startOperator(true);
+    operator = startOperator(true);
     setNoCustomResourceAccess();
 
     waitForWatchReconnect();
+
     adminClient.resource(testCustomResource()).createOrReplace();
 
     assertNotReconciled();
-
     setFullResourcesAccess();
     assertReconciled();
   }
@@ -210,7 +219,7 @@ void notExitingWithDefaultStopHandlerIfErrorHappensOnStartup() {
 
   private static void waitForWatchReconnect() {
     try {
-      Thread.sleep(6000);
+      Thread.sleep(5000);
     } catch (InterruptedException e) {
       throw new IllegalStateException(e);
     }
diff --git a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/informerrelatedbehavior/InformerRelatedBehaviorTestReconciler.java b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/informerrelatedbehavior/InformerRelatedBehaviorTestReconciler.java
index 13057d547a..f71f243c79 100644
--- a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/informerrelatedbehavior/InformerRelatedBehaviorTestReconciler.java
+++ b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/informerrelatedbehavior/InformerRelatedBehaviorTestReconciler.java
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Context;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ControllerConfiguration;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Reconciler;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.UpdateControl;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.dependent.Dependent;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.ResourceID;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.support.TestExecutionInfoProvider;
 
 @ControllerConfiguration(
@@ -18,6 +22,9 @@
 public class InformerRelatedBehaviorTestReconciler
     implements Reconciler<InformerRelatedBehaviorTestCustomResource>, TestExecutionInfoProvider {
 
+  private static final Logger log =
+      LoggerFactory.getLogger(InformerRelatedBehaviorTestReconciler.class);
+
   public static final String INFORMER_RELATED_BEHAVIOR_TEST_RECONCILER =
       "InformerRelatedBehaviorTestReconciler";
   public static final String CONFIG_MAP_DEPENDENT_RESOURCE = "ConfigMapDependentResource";
@@ -30,6 +37,7 @@ public UpdateControl<InformerRelatedBehaviorTestCustomResource> reconcile(
       InformerRelatedBehaviorTestCustomResource resource,
       Context<InformerRelatedBehaviorTestCustomResource> context) {
     numberOfExecutions.addAndGet(1);
+    log.info("Reconciled for: {}", ResourceID.fromResource(resource));
     return UpdateControl.noUpdate();
   }