diff --git a/lib/vector-buffers/src/variants/disk_v2/tests/basic.rs b/lib/vector-buffers/src/variants/disk_v2/tests/basic.rs
index ef7c7c848729f..c523390b45796 100644
--- a/lib/vector-buffers/src/variants/disk_v2/tests/basic.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-buffers/src/variants/disk_v2/tests/basic.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{io::Cursor, time::Duration};
+use std::{io::Cursor, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 use futures::{StreamExt, stream};
 use tokio::{select, time::sleep};
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ use tokio_test::{assert_pending, task::spawn};
 use tracing::Instrument;
 use vector_common::finalization::Finalizable;
 
-use super::{create_default_buffer_v2, read_next, read_next_some};
+use super::{
+    create_default_buffer_v2, create_default_buffer_v2_with_usage, read_next, read_next_some,
+};
 use crate::{
     EventCount, assert_buffer_is_empty, assert_buffer_records,
+    buffer_usage_data::BufferUsageHandle,
     test::{MultiEventRecord, SizedRecord, acknowledge, install_tracing_helpers, with_temp_dir},
-    variants::disk_v2::{tests::create_default_buffer_v2_with_usage, writer::RecordWriter},
+    variants::disk_v2::{BufferWriter, DiskBufferConfigBuilder, Ledger, writer::RecordWriter},
 };
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -155,8 +158,26 @@ async fn initial_size_correct_with_multievents() {
         let data_dir = dir.to_path_buf();
 
         async move {
-            // Create a regular buffer, no customizations required.
-            let (mut writer, _, _) = create_default_buffer_v2(data_dir.clone()).await;
+            // Build a write-only buffer without a finalizer task. Using
+            // `from_config_inner` would spawn a background finalizer that holds
+            // an Arc<Ledger> (and the lock file), causing a racy
+            // LedgerLockAlreadyHeld when we reopen the buffer below.
+            let config = DiskBufferConfigBuilder::from_path(&data_dir)
+                .build()
+                .expect("creating buffer config should not fail");
+            let usage_handle = BufferUsageHandle::noop();
+            let ledger = Ledger::load_or_create(config, usage_handle)
+                .await
+                .expect("ledger should not fail to load/create");
+            let ledger = Arc::new(ledger);
+
+            let mut writer = BufferWriter::new(Arc::clone(&ledger));
+            writer
+                .validate_last_write()
+                .await
+                .expect("validate_last_write should not fail");
+
+            ledger.synchronize_buffer_usage();
 
             let input_items = (512..768)
                 .cycle()
@@ -209,14 +230,14 @@ async fn initial_size_correct_with_multievents() {
             writer.flush().await.expect("writer flush should not fail");
             writer.close();
 
-            // Now drop our buffer and reopen it.
-            // Yield to allow the background finalizer task to observe the closed
-            // stream and release its Arc<Ledger> (and thus the lock file) before
-            // we attempt to reopen the buffer.
+            // Drop the first buffer. No background finalizer task exists, so the
+            // ledger lock is released immediately when the last Arc is dropped.
             drop(writer);
-            tokio::task::yield_now().await;
+            drop(ledger);
+
+            // Reopen the buffer with a full reader to verify the persisted data.
             let (writer, mut reader, ledger, usage) =
-                create_default_buffer_v2_with_usage::<_, MultiEventRecord>(data_dir).await;
+                create_default_buffer_v2_with_usage::<_, MultiEventRecord>(&data_dir).await;
             drop(writer);
 
             // Make sure our usage data agrees with our expected event count and byte size: