diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/tests/build.gradle b/kotlin-native/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
index 2c6e08af979..c2bbc2eef01 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ ext.isExperimentalMM = !(project.globalTestArgs.contains("-memory-model") &&
                          project.globalTestArgs.contains("strict")) &&
                          project.testTarget != 'wasm32'
 ext.isNoopGC = project.globalTestArgs.contains("-Xgc=noop")
+ext.isAggressiveGC = project.globalTestArgs.contains("-Xbinary=gcSchedulerType=aggressive")
 
 // TODO: It also makes sense to test -g without asserts, and also to test -opt with asserts.
 if (project.globalTestArgs.contains("-g")) {
@@ -5409,6 +5410,9 @@ if (isAppleTarget(project)) {
         if (isNoopGC) {
             swiftExtraOpts += ["-D", "NOOP_GC"]
         }
+        if (isAggressiveGC) {
+            swiftExtraOpts += ["-D", "AGGRESSIVE_GC"]
+        }
     }
 
     frameworkTest('testObjCExportNoGenerics') {
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/tests/objcexport/values.swift b/kotlin-native/backend.native/tests/objcexport/values.swift
index b7745306fd7..d2ff8f17e67 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/tests/objcexport/values.swift
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/tests/objcexport/values.swift
@@ -896,10 +896,6 @@ func testWeakRefs0(frozen: Bool) throws {
             Holder.ref2 = obj2
         }
 
-        try assertFalse(Holder.ref1 === nil)
-        try assertFalse(Holder.ref2 === nil)
-        try assertEquals(actual: Holder.deinitialized, expected: 0)
-
         ValuesKt.gc()
 
         try assertTrue(Holder.ref1 === nil)
@@ -942,9 +938,13 @@ class TestSharedRefs {
                 let ignore = SharedRefs() // Ensures that Kotlin runtime gets initialized.
             }
 
-            Closure.currentBlock!()
+            // Take the block from Closure to avoid races when block() execution triggers
+            // calling launchInNewThread on another thread (e.g. on the finalizer thread).
+            let block =  Closure.currentBlock!
             Closure.currentBlock = nil
 
+            block()
+
             return nil
         }, nil)
         try! assertEquals(actual: createCode, expected: 0)