diff --git a/acceptance/framework/helpers/helpers.go b/acceptance/framework/helpers/helpers.go
index 3bbf064e99..d663dc5bc4 100644
--- a/acceptance/framework/helpers/helpers.go
+++ b/acceptance/framework/helpers/helpers.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gruntwork-io/terratest/modules/random"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/acceptance/framework/logger"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk/testutil"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk/testutil/retry"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -196,8 +197,88 @@ type Command struct {
 	Logger     *terratestLogger.Logger
 }
 
-func RunCommand(r *retry.R, command Command) (string, error) {
-	r.Helper()
-	cmd, error := exec.Command(command.Command, command.Args...).CombinedOutput()
-	return string(cmd), error
+func RunCommand(t testutil.TestingTB, command Command) (string, error) {
+	t.Helper()
+	cmd, err := exec.Command(command.Command, command.Args...).CombinedOutput()
+
+	// Check and remove finalizers in crds in the namespace
+	for _, arg := range command.Args {
+		if strings.Contains(arg, "delete") {
+			errCh := make(chan error)
+			go func() {
+				errCh <- getCRDRemoveFinalizers(t)
+			}()
+			if err := <-errCh; err != nil {
+				return "", err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return string(cmd), err
+}
+
+// getCRDRemoveFinalizers gets CRDs with finalizers and removes them.
+func getCRDRemoveFinalizers(t testutil.TestingTB) error {
+	t.Helper()
+	// Get CRD names with finalizers
+	crdNames, err := getCRDsWithFinalizers()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Remove finalizers for each CRD with finalizers
+	if len(crdNames) > 0 {
+		if err := removeFinalizers(crdNames); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// CRD struct to parse CRD JSON output.
+type CRD struct {
+	Items []struct {
+		Metadata struct {
+			Name       string   `json:"name"`
+			Finalizers []string `json:"finalizers"`
+		} `json:"metadata"`
+	} `json:"items"`
+}
+
+// getCRDsWithFinalizers gets CRDs with finalizers.
+func getCRDsWithFinalizers() ([]string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "crd", "-o=json")
+
+	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error executing command: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var crds CRD
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(output, &crds); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing JSON: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var crdNames []string
+	for _, item := range crds.Items {
+		if len(item.Metadata.Finalizers) > 0 {
+			crdNames = append(crdNames, item.Metadata.Name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return crdNames, nil
+}
+
+// removeFinalizers removes finalizers from CRDs.
+func removeFinalizers(crdNames []string) error {
+	for _, crd := range crdNames {
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "patch", "crd", crd, "--type=json", "-p=[{\"op\": \"remove\", \"path\": \"/metadata/finalizers\"}]")
+
+		err := cmd.Run()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error removing finalizers from CRD %s: %v", crd, err)
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("Finalizers removed from CRD %s\n", crd)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/acceptance/framework/k8s/deploy.go b/acceptance/framework/k8s/deploy.go
index e60f4c4730..7ad55504dd 100644
--- a/acceptance/framework/k8s/deploy.go
+++ b/acceptance/framework/k8s/deploy.go
@@ -129,7 +129,10 @@ func CheckStaticServerConnectionMultipleFailureMessages(t *testing.T, options *k
 		expectedOutput = expectedSuccessOutput
 	}
 
-	retrier := &retry.Timer{Timeout: 320 * time.Second, Wait: 2 * time.Second}
+	retrier := &retry.Counter{
+		Count: 10,
+		Wait:  2 * time.Second,
+	}
 
 	args := []string{"exec", resourceType + sourceApp, "-c", sourceApp, "--", "curl", "-vvvsSf"}
 	args = append(args, curlArgs...)
diff --git a/acceptance/tests/peering/peering_gateway_test.go b/acceptance/tests/peering/peering_gateway_test.go
index 3ba04980a9..ba7ba2003f 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/peering/peering_gateway_test.go
+++ b/acceptance/tests/peering/peering_gateway_test.go
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func TestPeering_Gateway(t *testing.T) {
 	// leader election so we may need to wait a long time for
 	// the reconcile loop to run (hence the 1m timeout here).
 	var gatewayAddress string
-	counter := &retry.Counter{Count: 600, Wait: 2 * time.Second}
+	counter := &retry.Counter{Count: 10, Wait: 2 * time.Second}
 	retry.RunWith(counter, t, func(r *retry.R) {
 		var gateway gwv1beta1.Gateway
 		err := k8sClient.Get(context.Background(), types.NamespacedName{Name: "gateway", Namespace: staticClientNamespace}, &gateway)