diff --git a/temporal-sdk/src/test/java/io/temporal/workflow/nexus/OperationInputDeserializationErrorPropagationTest.java b/temporal-sdk/src/test/java/io/temporal/workflow/nexus/OperationInputDeserializationErrorPropagationTest.java
index ac826b94e2..87f018a3b1 100644
--- a/temporal-sdk/src/test/java/io/temporal/workflow/nexus/OperationInputDeserializationErrorPropagationTest.java
+++ b/temporal-sdk/src/test/java/io/temporal/workflow/nexus/OperationInputDeserializationErrorPropagationTest.java
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ public class OperationInputDeserializationErrorPropagationTest {
       SDKTestWorkflowRule.newBuilder()
           .setWorkflowTypes(TestNexus.class)
           .setNexusServiceImplementation(new PoisonInputServiceImpl())
+          // Retry delivery races schedule-to-close when the test server advances virtual time.
+          .setUseTimeskipping(false)
           .setWorkflowClientOptions(
               WorkflowClientOptions.newBuilder()
                   .setDataConverter(new PoisonInputDataConverter())