diff --git a/relay/healthcheck/receiver.go b/relay/healthcheck/receiver.go
index b3503d5db..299adba15 100644
--- a/relay/healthcheck/receiver.go
+++ b/relay/healthcheck/receiver.go
@@ -2,14 +2,26 @@ package healthcheck
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-var (
-	heartbeatTimeout = healthCheckInterval + 10*time.Second
-)
+var heartbeatTimeout = healthCheckInterval + 10*time.Second
+var mux sync.Mutex
+
+func getHealthCheckInterval() time.Duration {
+	mux.Lock()
+	defer mux.Unlock()
+	return heartbeatTimeout
+}
+
+func setHealthCheckInterval(interval time.Duration) {
+	mux.Lock()
+	defer mux.Unlock()
+	heartbeatTimeout = interval
+}
 
 // Receiver is a healthcheck receiver
 // It will listen for heartbeat and check if the heartbeat is not received in a certain time
@@ -56,7 +68,7 @@ func (r *Receiver) Stop() {
 }
 
 func (r *Receiver) waitForHealthcheck() {
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(heartbeatTimeout)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(getHealthCheckInterval())
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 	defer r.ctxCancel()
 	defer close(r.OnTimeout)
diff --git a/relay/healthcheck/receiver_test.go b/relay/healthcheck/receiver_test.go
index 3b3e32fe6..60f165af0 100644
--- a/relay/healthcheck/receiver_test.go
+++ b/relay/healthcheck/receiver_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestNewReceiver(t *testing.T) {
-	heartbeatTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+	setHealthCheckInterval(5 * time.Second)
 	r := NewReceiver(log.WithContext(context.Background()))
 
 	select {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestNewReceiver(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestNewReceiverNotReceive(t *testing.T) {
-	heartbeatTimeout = 1 * time.Second
+	setHealthCheckInterval(1 * time.Second)
 	r := NewReceiver(log.WithContext(context.Background()))
 
 	select {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestNewReceiverNotReceive(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestNewReceiverAck(t *testing.T) {
-	heartbeatTimeout = 2 * time.Second
+	setHealthCheckInterval(2 * time.Second)
 	r := NewReceiver(log.WithContext(context.Background()))
 
 	r.Heartbeat()
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ func TestReceiverHealthCheckAttemptThreshold(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range testsCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			originalInterval := healthCheckInterval
-			originalTimeout := heartbeatTimeout
+			originalTimeout := getHealthCheckInterval()
 			healthCheckInterval = 1 * time.Second
-			heartbeatTimeout = healthCheckInterval + 500*time.Millisecond
+			setHealthCheckInterval(originalTimeout + 500*time.Millisecond)
 			defer func() {
 				healthCheckInterval = originalInterval
-				heartbeatTimeout = originalTimeout
+				setHealthCheckInterval(originalTimeout)
 			}()
 			//nolint:tenv
 			os.Setenv(defaultAttemptThresholdEnv, fmt.Sprintf("%d", tc.threshold))
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func TestReceiverHealthCheckAttemptThreshold(t *testing.T) {
 
 			receiver := NewReceiver(log.WithField("test_name", tc.name))
 
-			testTimeout := heartbeatTimeout*time.Duration(tc.threshold) + healthCheckInterval
+			testTimeout := originalTimeout*time.Duration(tc.threshold) + healthCheckInterval
 
 			if tc.resetCounterOnce {
 				receiver.Heartbeat()