diff --git a/agent/consul/subscribe_backend_test.go b/agent/consul/subscribe_backend_test.go
index fe6a957324..de80a2088e 100644
--- a/agent/consul/subscribe_backend_test.go
+++ b/agent/consul/subscribe_backend_test.go
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@ package consul
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 	gogrpc "google.golang.org/grpc"
 
 	grpc "github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/grpc"
@@ -328,31 +329,18 @@ func TestSubscribeBackend_IntegrationWithServer_DeliversAllMessages(t *testing.T
 	// Now start a whole bunch of streamers in parallel to maximise chance of
 	// catching a race.
 	n := 5
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	var g errgroup.Group
 	var updateCount uint64
-	// Buffered error chan so that workers can exit and terminate wg without
-	// blocking on send. We collect errors this way since t isn't thread safe.
-	errCh := make(chan error, n)
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 		i := i
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func() {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			verifyMonotonicStreamUpdates(ctx, t, streamClient, i, &updateCount, errCh)
-		}()
+		g.Go(func() error {
+			return verifyMonotonicStreamUpdates(ctx, t, streamClient, i, &updateCount)
+		})
 	}
 
 	// Wait until all subscribers have verified the first bunch of updates all got
 	// delivered.
-	wg.Wait()
-
-	close(errCh)
-
-	// Require that none of them errored. Since we closed the chan above this loop
-	// should terminate immediately if no errors were buffered.
-	for err := range errCh {
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, g.Wait())
 
 	// Sanity check that at least some non-snapshot messages were delivered. We
 	// can't know exactly how many because it's timing dependent based on when
@@ -394,70 +382,62 @@ type testLogger interface {
 	Logf(format string, args ...interface{})
 }
 
-func verifyMonotonicStreamUpdates(ctx context.Context, logger testLogger, client pbsubscribe.StateChangeSubscriptionClient, i int, updateCount *uint64, errCh chan<- error) {
+func verifyMonotonicStreamUpdates(ctx context.Context, logger testLogger, client pbsubscribe.StateChangeSubscriptionClient, i int, updateCount *uint64) error {
 	req := &pbsubscribe.SubscribeRequest{Topic: pbsubscribe.Topic_ServiceHealth, Key: "redis"}
 	streamHandle, err := client.Subscribe(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "context deadline exceeded") ||
-			strings.Contains(err.Error(), "context canceled") {
-			logger.Logf("subscriber %05d: context cancelled before loop")
-			return
-		}
-		errCh <- err
-		return
+	switch {
+	case errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) || errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded):
+		logger.Logf("subscriber %05d: context cancelled before loop")
+		return nil
+	case err != nil:
+		return err
 	}
 
 	snapshotDone := false
 	expectPort := int32(0)
 	for {
 		event, err := streamHandle.Recv()
-		if err == io.EOF {
-			break
-		}
-		if err != nil {
-			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "context deadline exceeded") ||
-				strings.Contains(err.Error(), "context canceled") {
-				break
-			}
-			errCh <- err
-			return
+		switch {
+		case err == io.EOF:
+			return nil
+		case errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) || errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded):
+			return nil
+		case err != nil:
+			return err
 		}
 
 		switch {
 		case event.GetEndOfSnapshot():
 			snapshotDone = true
-			logger.Logf("subscriber %05d: snapshot done, expect next port to be %d", i, expectPort)
+			logger.Logf("subscriber %05d: snapshot done at index %d, expect next port to be %d", i, event.Index, expectPort)
 		case snapshotDone:
 			// Verify we get all updates in order
 			svc, err := svcOrErr(event)
 			if err != nil {
-				errCh <- err
-				return
+				return err
 			}
 			if expectPort != svc.Port {
-				errCh <- fmt.Errorf("subscriber %05d: missed %d update(s)!", i, svc.Port-expectPort)
-				return
+				return fmt.Errorf("subscriber %05d: at index %d: expected port %d, got %d",
+					i, event.Index, expectPort, svc.Port)
 			}
 			atomic.AddUint64(updateCount, 1)
-			logger.Logf("subscriber %05d: got event with correct port=%d", i, expectPort)
+			logger.Logf("subscriber %05d: got event with correct port=%d at index %d", i, expectPort, event.Index)
 			expectPort++
 		default:
-			// This is a snapshot update. Check if it's an update for the canary
-			// instance that got applied before our snapshot was sent (likely)
+			// snapshot events
 			svc, err := svcOrErr(event)
 			if err != nil {
-				errCh <- err
-				return
+				return err
 			}
 			if svc.ID == "redis-canary" {
 				// Update the expected port we see in the next update to be one more
 				// than the port in the snapshot.
 				expectPort = svc.Port + 1
-				logger.Logf("subscriber %05d: saw canary in snapshot with port %d", i, svc.Port)
+				logger.Logf("subscriber %05d: saw canary in snapshot with port %d at index %d", i, svc.Port, event.Index)
 			}
 		}
 		if expectPort > 100 {
-			return
+			return nil
 		}
 	}
 }