diff --git a/pkg/resources/counts/buffer_test.go b/pkg/resources/counts/buffer_test.go
index 3219af4..381b70a 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/counts/buffer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/counts/buffer_test.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func Test_countsBuffer(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			// due to complexities of cycle calculation, give a slight delay for the event to actually stream
-			output, err := receiveWithTimeout(outputChannel, debounceDuration+time.Millisecond*1)
+			output, err := receiveWithTimeout(outputChannel, debounceDuration+time.Millisecond*10)
 			assert.NoError(t, err, "did not expect an error when receiving value from channel")
 			outputCount := output.Object.Object.(Count)
 			assert.Len(t, outputCount.Counts, test.numInputEvents)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func receiveWithTimeout(input chan types.APIEvent, duration time.Duration) (*typ
 	case value := <-input:
 		return &value, nil
 	case <-time.After(duration):
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("timeout error, no value recieved after %f seconds", duration.Seconds())
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("timeout error, no value received after %f seconds", duration.Seconds())
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/resources/counts/counts_test.go b/pkg/resources/counts/counts_test.go
index bf7567e..755706e 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/counts/counts_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/counts/counts_test.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func receiveWithTimeout(input chan types.APIEvent, duration time.Duration) (*typ
 	case value := <-input:
 		return &value, nil
 	case <-time.After(duration):
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("timeout error, no value recieved after %f seconds", duration.Seconds())
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("timeout error, no value received after %f seconds", duration.Seconds())
 	}
 }