diff --git a/conformance/tests/httproute-matching-across-routes.go b/conformance/tests/httproute-matching-across-routes.go
index 3667c98aa7..bd7b259ffe 100644
--- a/conformance/tests/httproute-matching-across-routes.go
+++ b/conformance/tests/httproute-matching-across-routes.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ var HTTPRouteMatchingAcrossRoutes = suite.ConformanceTest{
 			Namespace: ns,
 		}, {
 			Request: http.ExpectedRequest{
-				// v2 matches are limited to *.com
+				// v2 matches are limited to example.com
 				Host: "example.net",
 				Path: "/v2",
 			},
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ var HTTPRouteMatchingAcrossRoutes = suite.ConformanceTest{
 			Namespace: ns,
 		}}
 
-		for i, tc := range testCases {
+		for i := range testCases {
+			// Declare tc here to avoid loop variable
+			// reuse issues across parallel tests.
+			tc := testCases[i]
 			t.Run(testName(tc, i), func(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Parallel()
 				http.MakeRequestAndExpectResponse(t, suite.RoundTripper, gwAddr, tc)
diff --git a/conformance/tests/httproute-matching-across-routes.yaml b/conformance/tests/httproute-matching-across-routes.yaml
index 36e2669284..013630519c 100644
--- a/conformance/tests/httproute-matching-across-routes.yaml
+++ b/conformance/tests/httproute-matching-across-routes.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: gateway-conformance-infra
 spec:
   hostnames:
-  - "*.com"
+  - example.com
   parentRefs:
   - name: same-namespace
   rules:
diff --git a/conformance/tests/httproute-matching.go b/conformance/tests/httproute-matching.go
index 36d1e0bb0d..7fc404fc8e 100644
--- a/conformance/tests/httproute-matching.go
+++ b/conformance/tests/httproute-matching.go
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ var HTTPRouteMatching = suite.ConformanceTest{
 			Namespace: ns,
 		}}
 
-		for i, tc := range testCases {
+		for i := range testCases {
+			// Declare tc here to avoid loop variable
+			// reuse issues across parallel tests.
+			tc := testCases[i]
 			t.Run(testName(tc, i), func(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Parallel()
 				http.MakeRequestAndExpectResponse(t, suite.RoundTripper, gwAddr, tc)
diff --git a/conformance/utils/kubernetes/helpers.go b/conformance/utils/kubernetes/helpers.go
index fdf371ca51..b0df4aaa4f 100644
--- a/conformance/utils/kubernetes/helpers.go
+++ b/conformance/utils/kubernetes/helpers.go
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ func NamespacesMustBeReady(t *testing.T, c client.Client, namespaces []string, s
 				t.Errorf("Error listing Pods: %v", err)
 			}
 			for _, pod := range podList.Items {
-				if !findPodConditionInList(t, pod.Status.Conditions, "Ready", "True") {
+				if !findPodConditionInList(t, pod.Status.Conditions, "Ready", "True") &&
+					pod.Status.Phase != v1.PodSucceeded {
 					t.Logf("%s/%s Pod not ready yet", ns, pod.Name)
 					return false, nil
 				}