diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAsyncActionTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAsyncActionTests.java
index 1c0b6c2840ae9..9e1b619019cb6 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAsyncActionTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAsyncActionTests.java
@@ -53,9 +53,13 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ConcurrentCollections.newConcurrentMap;
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ConcurrentCollections.newConcurrentSet;
+
 public class SearchAsyncActionTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     public void testSkipSearchShards() throws InterruptedException {
@@ -137,7 +141,7 @@ protected void executePhaseOnShard(SearchShardIterator shardIt, ShardRouting sha
                 protected SearchPhase getNextPhase(SearchPhaseResults<TestSearchPhaseResult> results, SearchPhaseContext context) {
                     return new SearchPhase("test") {
                         @Override
-                        public void run() throws IOException {
+                        public void run() {
                             latch.countDown();
                         }
                     };
@@ -253,7 +257,6 @@ public void run() throws IOException {
     public void testFanOutAndCollect() throws InterruptedException {
         SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest();
         request.setMaxConcurrentShardRequests(randomIntBetween(1, 100));
-        CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
         AtomicReference<TestSearchResponse> response = new AtomicReference<>();
         ActionListener<SearchResponse> responseListener = new ActionListener<SearchResponse>() {
             @Override
@@ -270,7 +273,7 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
         DiscoveryNode primaryNode = new DiscoveryNode("node_1", new LocalTransportAddress("foo"), Version.CURRENT);
         DiscoveryNode replicaNode = new DiscoveryNode("node_2", new LocalTransportAddress("bar"), Version.CURRENT);
 
-        Map<DiscoveryNode, Set<Long>> nodeToContextMap = new HashMap<>();
+        Map<DiscoveryNode, Set<Long>> nodeToContextMap = newConcurrentMap();
         AtomicInteger contextIdGenerator = new AtomicInteger(0);
         GroupShardsIterator<SearchShardIterator> shardsIter = getShardsIter("idx",
                 new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"idx"}, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed()),
@@ -289,7 +292,9 @@ public void sendFreeContext(Transport.Connection connection, long contextId, Ori
         lookup.put(replicaNode.getId(), new MockConnection(replicaNode));
         Map<String, AliasFilter> aliasFilters = Collections.singletonMap("_na_", new AliasFilter(null, Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY));
         final ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(randomIntBetween(1, Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors()));
-        AbstractSearchAsyncAction asyncAction =
+        final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        final AtomicBoolean latchTriggered = new AtomicBoolean();
+        AbstractSearchAsyncAction<TestSearchPhaseResult> asyncAction =
                 new AbstractSearchAsyncAction<TestSearchPhaseResult>(
                         "test",
                         logger,
@@ -317,7 +322,7 @@ protected void executePhaseOnShard(SearchShardIterator shardIt, ShardRouting sha
                 Transport.Connection connection = getConnection(null, shard.currentNodeId());
                 TestSearchPhaseResult testSearchPhaseResult = new TestSearchPhaseResult(contextIdGenerator.incrementAndGet(),
                     connection.getNode());
-                Set<Long> ids = nodeToContextMap.computeIfAbsent(connection.getNode(), (n) -> new HashSet<>());
+                Set<Long> ids = nodeToContextMap.computeIfAbsent(connection.getNode(), (n) -> newConcurrentSet());
                 ids.add(testSearchPhaseResult.getRequestId());
                 if (randomBoolean()) {
                     listener.onResponse(testSearchPhaseResult);
@@ -330,13 +335,16 @@ protected void executePhaseOnShard(SearchShardIterator shardIt, ShardRouting sha
             protected SearchPhase getNextPhase(SearchPhaseResults<TestSearchPhaseResult> results, SearchPhaseContext context) {
                 return new SearchPhase("test") {
                     @Override
-                    public void run() throws IOException {
+                    public void run() {
                         for (int i = 0; i < results.getNumShards(); i++) {
                             TestSearchPhaseResult result = results.getAtomicArray().get(i);
                             assertEquals(result.node.getId(), result.getSearchShardTarget().getNodeId());
                             sendReleaseSearchContext(result.getRequestId(), new MockConnection(result.node), OriginalIndices.NONE);
                         }
                         responseListener.onResponse(response);
+                        if (latchTriggered.compareAndSet(false, true) == false) {
+                            throw new AssertionError("latch triggered twice");
+                        }
                         latch.countDown();
                     }
                 };