diff --git a/go/daemon/network/network_it_util_test.go b/go/daemon/network/network_it_util_test.go
index 9fe9a70..a292110 100644
--- a/go/daemon/network/network_it_util_test.go
+++ b/go/daemon/network/network_it_util_test.go
@@ -30,15 +30,19 @@ var (
 		return filepath.Join(appDirPath, "bin")
 	})
 
-	ipNetCounter          uint64 = 0
-	publicAddrPortCounter uint64 = 1024
+	ipNetCounter          = new(atomic.Uint64)
+	publicAddrPortCounter = func() *atomic.Uint64 {
+		i := new(atomic.Uint64)
+		i.Store(1024)
+		return i
+	}()
 )
 
 func newIPNet() nebula.IPNet {
 	var (
 		ipNet    nebula.IPNet
 		ipNetStr = fmt.Sprintf(
-			"172.16.%d.0/24", atomic.AddUint64(&ipNetCounter, 1),
+			"172.16.%d.0/24", ipNetCounter.Add(1)-1,
 		)
 	)
 
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ func newIPNet() nebula.IPNet {
 
 func newPublicAddr() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		"127.0.0.200:%d", atomic.AddUint64(&publicAddrPortCounter, 1),
+		"127.0.0.200:%d", publicAddrPortCounter.Add(1)-1,
 	)
 }
 
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ type integrationHarness struct {
 	ctx        context.Context
 	logger     *mlog.Logger
 	rootDir    toolkit.Dir
-	dirCounter uint64
+	dirCounter atomic.Uint64
 }
 
 func newIntegrationHarness(t *testing.T) *integrationHarness {
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ func newIntegrationHarness(t *testing.T) *integrationHarness {
 }
 
 func (h *integrationHarness) mkDir(t *testing.T, name string) toolkit.Dir {
-	fullName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", name, atomic.AddUint64(&h.dirCounter, 1))
+	fullName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", name, h.dirCounter.Add(1)-1)
 
 	t.Logf("Creating directory %q", fullName)
 	d, err := h.rootDir.MkChildDir(fullName, false)