diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/SentryAndroidTest.kt b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/SentryAndroidTest.kt
index d75e0f88a2..c31076d1ff 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/SentryAndroidTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/SentryAndroidTest.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import android.app.ApplicationExitInfo
 import android.content.Context
 import android.os.Build
 import android.os.Bundle
+import android.os.Looper
 import android.os.SystemClock
 import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider
 import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ import org.mockito.kotlin.spy
 import org.mockito.kotlin.times
 import org.mockito.kotlin.verify
 import org.mockito.kotlin.whenever
+import org.robolectric.Shadows
 import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
 import org.robolectric.shadow.api.Shadow
 import org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowActivityManager
@@ -439,8 +441,10 @@ class SentryAndroidTest {
         await.withAlias("Failed because of BeforeSend callback above, but we swallow BeforeSend exceptions, hence the timeout")
             .untilTrue(asserted)
 
+        // Execute all posted tasks
+        Shadows.shadowOf(Looper.getMainLooper()).idle()
+
         // assert that persisted values have changed
-        options.executorService.close(10000L) // finalizes all enqueued persisting tasks
         assertEquals(
             "TestActivity",
             PersistingScopeObserver.read(options, TRANSACTION_FILENAME, String::class.java)