diff --git a/data/collector_test.go b/data/collector_test.go
index 56c2eb60b09..6a908235ca2 100644
--- a/data/collector_test.go
+++ b/data/collector_test.go
@@ -245,10 +245,10 @@ func TestClose(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestCtxCancelledNotLoggedAfterClose verifies that context cancelled errors are not logged if they occur after Close
-// has been called. The collector context is cancelled as part of Close, so we expect to see context cancelled errors
-// for any running capture routines.
-func TestCtxCancelledNotLoggedAfterClose(t *testing.T) {
+// TestCtxCancelledNotLoggedInTickerBasedCaptureAfterClose verifies that context cancelled errors are not logged if they
+// occur after Close has been called. The collector context is cancelled as part of Close, so we expect to see context
+// cancelled errors for any running capture routines.
+func TestCtxCancelledNotLoggedInTickerBasedCaptureAfterClose(t *testing.T) {
 	logger, logs := logging.NewObservedTestLogger(t)
 	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
 	target := datacapture.NewBuffer(tmpDir, &v1.DataCaptureMetadata{})
@@ -264,12 +264,15 @@ func TestCtxCancelledNotLoggedAfterClose(t *testing.T) {
 
 	params := CollectorParams{
 		ComponentName: "testComponent",
-		Interval:      time.Millisecond * 1,
-		MethodParams:  map[string]*anypb.Any{"name": fakeVal},
-		Target:        target,
-		QueueSize:     queueSize,
-		BufferSize:    bufferSize,
-		Logger:        logger,
+		// Ensure that we use ticker-based capture since capturing at 1000+ Hz
+		// uses a sleep-based capture that may let a context cancelation error
+		// occasionally be logged.
+		Interval:     sleepCaptureCutoff + time.Microsecond,
+		MethodParams: map[string]*anypb.Any{"name": fakeVal},
+		Target:       target,
+		QueueSize:    queueSize,
+		BufferSize:   bufferSize,
+		Logger:       logger,
 	}
 	c, _ := NewCollector(errorCapturer, params)
 	c.Collect()