diff --git a/providers/mongo/src/airflow/providers/mongo/hooks/mongo.py b/providers/mongo/src/airflow/providers/mongo/hooks/mongo.py
index 1deb7d01a268b..e69bdbbc9be39 100644
--- a/providers/mongo/src/airflow/providers/mongo/hooks/mongo.py
+++ b/providers/mongo/src/airflow/providers/mongo/hooks/mongo.py
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ def get_conn(self) -> MongoClient:
         self.client = MongoClient(self.uri, **options)
         return self.client
 
+    def close(self):
+        self.client.close()
+
     def _create_uri(self) -> str:
         """
         Create URI string from the given credentials.
diff --git a/providers/mongo/tests/provider_tests/mongo/hooks/test_mongo.py b/providers/mongo/tests/provider_tests/mongo/hooks/test_mongo.py
index 9207fdce71f6e..0d646e6e6cbc6 100644
--- a/providers/mongo/tests/provider_tests/mongo/hooks/test_mongo.py
+++ b/providers/mongo/tests/provider_tests/mongo/hooks/test_mongo.py
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ def setup_method(self):
         self.hook = MongoHookTest(mongo_conn_id="mongo_default")
         self.conn = self.hook.get_conn()
 
+    def teardown_method(self):
+        self.conn.close()
+
     def test_mongo_conn_id(self):
         # Use default "mongo_default"
         assert MongoHook().mongo_conn_id == "mongo_default"
diff --git a/providers/tests/cncf/kubernetes/utils/test_pod_manager.py b/providers/tests/cncf/kubernetes/utils/test_pod_manager.py
index 6964e1b4fa157..24ea794c2bffd 100644
--- a/providers/tests/cncf/kubernetes/utils/test_pod_manager.py
+++ b/providers/tests/cncf/kubernetes/utils/test_pod_manager.py
@@ -404,7 +404,8 @@ def test_start_pod_raises_informative_error_on_timeout(self):
                 startup_timeout=0,
             )
 
-    def test_start_pod_startup_interval_seconds(self):
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.utils.pod_manager.time.sleep")
+    def test_start_pod_startup_interval_seconds(self, mock_time_sleep):
         pod_info_pending = mock.MagicMock(**{"status.phase": PodPhase.PENDING})
         pod_info_succeeded = mock.MagicMock(**{"status.phase": PodPhase.SUCCEEDED})
 
@@ -414,21 +415,15 @@ def pod_state_gen():
             while True:
                 yield pod_info_succeeded
 
-        import time
-
-        # Avoid race condition when we can run to a lot of sleeps when mock takes no time at all
-        original_time_sleep = time.sleep
-        with mock.patch("airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.utils.pod_manager.time.sleep") as mock_time_sleep:
-            mock_time_sleep.side_effect = lambda _: original_time_sleep(0.2)
-            self.mock_kube_client.read_namespaced_pod.side_effect = pod_state_gen()
-            startup_check_interval = 10  # Any value is fine, as time.sleep is mocked to do almost nothing
-            mock_pod = MagicMock()
-            self.pod_manager.await_pod_start(
-                pod=mock_pod,
-                startup_timeout=60,  # Never hit, any value is fine, as time.sleep is mocked to do nothing
-                startup_check_interval=startup_check_interval,
-            )
-            mock_time_sleep.assert_called_with(startup_check_interval)
+        self.mock_kube_client.read_namespaced_pod.side_effect = pod_state_gen()
+        startup_check_interval = 10  # Any value is fine, as time.sleep is mocked to do nothing
+        mock_pod = MagicMock()
+        self.pod_manager.await_pod_start(
+            pod=mock_pod,
+            startup_timeout=60,  # Never hit, any value is fine, as time.sleep is mocked to do nothing
+            startup_check_interval=startup_check_interval,
+        )
+        mock_time_sleep.assert_called_with(startup_check_interval)
         assert mock_time_sleep.call_count == 2
 
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.utils.pod_manager.container_is_running")
diff --git a/providers/tests/microsoft/azure/operators/test_container_instances.py b/providers/tests/microsoft/azure/operators/test_container_instances.py
index 99e54663941b0..8985927ecfb18 100644
--- a/providers/tests/microsoft/azure/operators/test_container_instances.py
+++ b/providers/tests/microsoft/azure/operators/test_container_instances.py
@@ -453,30 +453,24 @@ def test_execute_fails_with_incorrect_restart_policy(self, aci_mock):
         )
 
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.microsoft.azure.operators.container_instances.AzureContainerInstanceHook")
-    def test_execute_correct_sleep_cycle(self, aci_mock):
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.microsoft.azure.operators.container_instances.time.sleep")
+    def test_execute_correct_sleep_cycle(self, sleep_mock, aci_mock):
         expected_cg1 = make_mock_container(state="Running", exit_code=0, detail_status="test")
         expected_cg2 = make_mock_container(state="Terminated", exit_code=0, detail_status="test")
 
-        import time
-
-        original_time_sleep = time.sleep
-        with mock.patch(
-            "airflow.providers.microsoft.azure.operators.container_instances.time.sleep"
-        ) as sleep_mock:
-            sleep_mock.side_effect = lambda _: original_time_sleep(0.1)
-            aci_mock.return_value.get_state.side_effect = [expected_cg1, expected_cg1, expected_cg2]
-            aci_mock.return_value.exists.return_value = False
+        aci_mock.return_value.get_state.side_effect = [expected_cg1, expected_cg1, expected_cg2]
+        aci_mock.return_value.exists.return_value = False
 
-            aci = AzureContainerInstancesOperator(
-                ci_conn_id=None,
-                registry_conn_id=None,
-                resource_group="resource-group",
-                name="container-name",
-                image="container-image",
-                region="region",
-                task_id="task",
-            )
-            aci.execute(None)
+        aci = AzureContainerInstancesOperator(
+            ci_conn_id=None,
+            registry_conn_id=None,
+            resource_group="resource-group",
+            name="container-name",
+            image="container-image",
+            region="region",
+            task_id="task",
+        )
+        aci.execute(None)
 
         # sleep is called at the end of cycles. Thus, the Terminated call does not trigger sleep
         assert sleep_mock.call_count == 2