diff --git a/fluss-server/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/server/testutils/FlussClusterExtension.java b/fluss-server/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/server/testutils/FlussClusterExtension.java
index 305a4269aa..a342d3c07a 100644
--- a/fluss-server/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/server/testutils/FlussClusterExtension.java
+++ b/fluss-server/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/server/testutils/FlussClusterExtension.java
@@ -745,33 +745,37 @@ public CompletedSnapshot triggerAndWaitSnapshot(TableBucket tableBucket) {
     }
 
     private Long triggerSnapshot(TableBucket tableBucket) {
-        Long snapshotId = null;
-        Long nextSnapshotId = null;
         for (TabletServer ts : tabletServers.values()) {
             ReplicaManager.HostedReplica replica = ts.getReplicaManager().getReplica(tableBucket);
             if (replica instanceof ReplicaManager.OnlineReplica) {
                 Replica r = ((ReplicaManager.OnlineReplica) replica).getReplica();
                 PeriodicSnapshotManager kvSnapshotManager = r.getKvSnapshotManager();
                 if (r.isLeader() && kvSnapshotManager != null) {
-                    snapshotId = kvSnapshotManager.currentSnapshotId();
+                    long snapshotId = kvSnapshotManager.currentSnapshotId();
                     kvSnapshotManager.triggerSnapshot();
-                    nextSnapshotId = kvSnapshotManager.currentSnapshotId();
-                    break;
+                    // Poll until the snapshot ID increments, confirming the async trigger was
+                    // processed. triggerSnapshot() submits work to a guardedExecutor
+                    // asynchronously, so the counter may not have incremented yet on return.
+                    // If the ID does not increment within the timeout, the snapshot was
+                    // legitimately skipped (e.g., no new data since last snapshot).
+                    long deadline = System.currentTimeMillis() + 1_000;
+                    while (kvSnapshotManager.currentSnapshotId() <= snapshotId) {
+                        if (System.currentTimeMillis() > deadline) {
+                            return null;
+                        }
+                        try {
+                            Thread.sleep(10);
+                        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return snapshotId;
                 }
             }
         }
-
-        if (snapshotId != null) {
-            if (nextSnapshotId > snapshotId) {
-                // only there is a new snapshot triggered, we return the snapshot id
-                return snapshotId;
-            } else {
-                return null;
-            }
-        } else {
-            fail("No KV snapshot manager found for table bucket " + tableBucket);
-            return null;
-        }
+        fail("No KV snapshot manager found for table bucket " + tableBucket);
+        return null;
     }
 
     private CompletedSnapshot waitUntilSnapshotFinished(TableBucket tableBucket, long snapshotId) {