diff --git a/modules/accord b/modules/accord
index 8bce46bee7..8f11c206ca 160000
--- a/modules/accord
+++ b/modules/accord
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8bce46bee7497262a8c16c6b779c08558968604f
+Subproject commit 8f11c206ca178dffbe67a4b3d7e23288e9545d3a
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/AccordSpec.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/AccordSpec.java
index 451bfeaa54..383af67d92 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/AccordSpec.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/AccordSpec.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public class AccordSpec
 
     public volatile DurationSpec.IntSecondsBound fast_path_update_delay = new DurationSpec.IntSecondsBound(5);
 
+    public volatile DurationSpec.IntSecondsBound gc_delay = new DurationSpec.IntSecondsBound(300);
     public volatile DurationSpec.IntSecondsBound schedule_durability_frequency = new DurationSpec.IntSecondsBound(120);
     public volatile DurationSpec.IntSecondsBound durability_txnid_lag = new DurationSpec.IntSecondsBound(10);
     public volatile DurationSpec.IntSecondsBound shard_durability_cycle = new DurationSpec.IntSecondsBound(5, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
index 9a2c680b47..1bd8f0f335 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
@@ -5338,6 +5338,11 @@ public class DatabaseDescriptor
         conf.accord.fast_path_update_delay = new DurationSpec.IntSecondsBound(seconds);
     }
 
+    public static long getAccordGCDelay(TimeUnit unit)
+    {
+        return conf.accord.gc_delay.to(unit);
+    }
+
     public static long getAccordScheduleDurabilityFrequency(TimeUnit unit)
     {
         return conf.accord.schedule_durability_frequency.to(unit);
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/accord/AccordDataStore.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/accord/AccordDataStore.java
index 185e106871..19c30b0f38 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/accord/AccordDataStore.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/accord/AccordDataStore.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import accord.utils.async.AsyncResult;
 import accord.utils.async.AsyncResults;
 import org.agrona.collections.Object2ObjectHashMap;
 import org.apache.cassandra.concurrent.ScheduledExecutors;
+import org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor;
 import org.apache.cassandra.db.ColumnFamilyStore;
 import org.apache.cassandra.db.DataRange;
 import org.apache.cassandra.db.Keyspace;
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ public class AccordDataStore implements DataStore
 
             ColumnFamilyStore cfs = Keyspace.openAndGetStoreIfExists(tableMetadata);
             // TODO (required): when we can safely map TxnId.hlc() -> local timestamp, consult Memtable timestamps
-            e.getValue().position = cfs.getCurrentMemtable().getCommitLogLowerBound();
+            Memtable memtable = cfs.getCurrentMemtable();
+            e.getValue().position = memtable.getCommitLogLowerBound();
         }
 
         ScheduledExecutors.scheduledTasks.schedule(() -> {
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ public class AccordDataStore implements DataStore
                 else
                     result.setSuccess(null);
             });
-        }, 5L, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
+        }, DatabaseDescriptor.getAccordGCDelay(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
 
         return result;
     }
diff --git a/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/test/accord/AccordLoadTest.java b/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/test/accord/AccordLoadTest.java
index d750e86844..7cdf4ae1c5 100644
--- a/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/test/accord/AccordLoadTest.java
+++ b/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/test/accord/AccordLoadTest.java
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ public class AccordLoadTest extends AccordTestBase
     public static void setUp() throws IOException
     {
         CassandraRelevantProperties.SIMULATOR_STARTED.setString(Long.toString(MILLISECONDS.toSeconds(currentTimeMillis())));
-        AccordTestBase.setupCluster(builder -> builder, 3);
-//        AccordTestBase.setupCluster(builder -> builder.withConfig(config -> config.with(Feature.values())), 3);
+//        AccordTestBase.setupCluster(builder -> builder, 3);
+        AccordTestBase.setupCluster(builder -> builder.withConfig(config -> config
+                                                                            .set("accord.schedule_durability_frequency", "5s")
+                                                                            .set("accord.gc_delay", "5s")), 3);
     }
 
     @Ignore
@@ -92,11 +94,11 @@ public class AccordLoadTest extends AccordTestBase
                      ICoordinator coordinator = cluster.coordinator(1);
                      final int repairInterval = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
     //                 final int repairInterval = 3000;
-                     final int compactionInterval = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
-    //                 final int compactionInterval = 3000;
-                     final int flushInterval = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
-    //                 final int flushInterval = 1000;
-                     final int compactionPeriodSeconds = -1;
+//                     final int compactionInterval = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+                     final int compactionInterval = 3000;
+//                     final int flushInterval = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+                     final int flushInterval = 1000;
+                     final int compactionPeriodSeconds = 1;
                      final int restartInterval = 150_000_000;
                      final int batchSizeLimit = 1000;
                      final long batchTime = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toNanos(10);