diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/sensugo.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/sensugo.go
index 5f45f6892f0..059d8d490c1 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/sensugo.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/sensugo.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/bus"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ func (sn *SensuGoNotifier) Notify(ctx context.Context, as ...*types.Alert) (bool
 				},
 			},
 			"output":   tmpl(sn.Message),
-			"issued":   time.Now().Unix(),
+			"issued":   timeNow().Unix(),
 			"interval": 86400,
 			"status":   status,
 			"handlers": handlers,
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/sensugo_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/sensugo_test.go
index fd07e16ff8e..63d89c567eb 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/sensugo_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/sensugo_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestSensuGoNotifier(t *testing.T) {
+	constNow := time.Now()
+	defer mockTimeNow(constNow)()
+
 	tmpl := templateForTests(t)
 
 	externalURL, err := url.Parse("http://localhost")
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ func TestSensuGoNotifier(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 					"output":   "**Firing**\n\nValue: <no value>\nLabels:\n - alertname = alert1\n - lbl1 = val1\nAnnotations:\n - ann1 = annv1\nSilence: http://localhost/alerting/silence/new?alertmanager=grafana&matchers=alertname%3Dalert1%2Clbl1%3Dval1\nDashboard: http://localhost/d/abcd\nPanel: http://localhost/d/abcd?viewPanel=efgh\n",
-					"issued":   time.Now().Unix(),
+					"issued":   timeNow().Unix(),
 					"interval": 86400,
 					"status":   2,
 					"handlers": nil,
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ func TestSensuGoNotifier(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 					"output":   "2 alerts are firing, 0 are resolved",
-					"issued":   time.Now().Unix(),
+					"issued":   timeNow().Unix(),
 					"interval": 86400,
 					"status":   2,
 					"handlers": []string{"myhandler"},
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/slack_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/slack_test.go
index a4053961675..5cb8d19183c 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/slack_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/slack_test.go
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ func TestSendSlackRequest(t *testing.T) {
 				_, err := w.Write([]byte(test.slackResponse))
 				require.NoError(tt, err)
 			}))
+			defer server.Close()
 			req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, server.URL, nil)
 			require.NoError(tt, err)