diff --git a/tests/integration/tools/atlas/atlasHelpers.ts b/tests/integration/tools/atlas/atlasHelpers.ts
index 00ac53feb..13f160c79 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tools/atlas/atlasHelpers.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/tools/atlas/atlasHelpers.ts
@@ -60,18 +60,25 @@ export function withProject(integration: IntegrationTest, fn: ProjectTestFunctio
             }
         });
 
-        afterAll(async () => {
+        afterAll(() => {
+            if (!projectId) {
+                return;
+            }
+
             const apiClient = integration.mcpServer().session.apiClient;
-            if (projectId) {
-                // projectId may be empty if beforeAll failed.
-                await apiClient.deleteProject({
+
+            // send the delete request and ignore errors
+            apiClient
+                .deleteProject({
                     params: {
                         path: {
                             groupId: projectId,
                         },
                     },
+                })
+                .catch((error) => {
+                    console.log("Failed to delete project:", error);
                 });
-            }
         });
 
         const args = {
diff --git a/tests/integration/tools/atlas/clusters.test.ts b/tests/integration/tools/atlas/clusters.test.ts
index 5c50c570c..0e666be7d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tools/atlas/clusters.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/tools/atlas/clusters.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
     return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
 }
 
-async function deleteAndWaitCluster(session: Session, projectId: string, clusterName: string): Promise<void> {
+async function deleteCluster(
+    session: Session,
+    projectId: string,
+    clusterName: string,
+    wait: boolean = false
+): Promise<void> {
     await session.apiClient.deleteCluster({
         params: {
             path: {
@@ -17,6 +22,11 @@ async function deleteAndWaitCluster(session: Session, projectId: string, cluster
             },
         },
     });
+
+    if (!wait) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     while (true) {
         try {
             await session.apiClient.getCluster({
@@ -64,7 +74,7 @@ describeWithAtlas("clusters", (integration) => {
             const projectId = getProjectId();
             if (projectId) {
                 const session: Session = integration.mcpServer().session;
-                await deleteAndWaitCluster(session, projectId, clusterName);
+                await deleteCluster(session, projectId, clusterName);
             }
         });