diff --git a/testsuite/integration/microprofile/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/microprofile/faulttolerance/micrometer/FaultToleranceMicrometerIntegrationTestCase.java b/testsuite/integration/microprofile/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/microprofile/faulttolerance/micrometer/FaultToleranceMicrometerIntegrationTestCase.java
index c270fd048b90..919509eae1cb 100644
--- a/testsuite/integration/microprofile/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/microprofile/faulttolerance/micrometer/FaultToleranceMicrometerIntegrationTestCase.java
+++ b/testsuite/integration/microprofile/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/microprofile/faulttolerance/micrometer/FaultToleranceMicrometerIntegrationTestCase.java
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@
 import org.jboss.as.arquillian.api.ServerSetup;
 import org.jboss.as.arquillian.api.ServerSetupTask;
 import org.jboss.as.test.integration.common.HttpRequest;
+import org.jboss.as.test.shared.util.AssumeTestGroupUtil;
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.Archive;
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.ShrinkWrap;
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.spec.WebArchive;
 import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.wildfly.test.integration.microprofile.faulttolerance.micrometer.deployment.FaultTolerantApplication;
@@ -65,6 +67,14 @@ public static Archive<?> deploy() {
     @Inject
     private MeterRegistry meterRegistry;
 
+    // The @ServerSetup(MicrometerSetupTask.class) requires Docker to be available.
+    // Otherwise the org.wildfly.extension.micrometer.registry.NoOpRegistry is installed which will result in 0 counters,
+    // and cause the test fail seemingly intermittently on machines with broken Docker setup.
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void checkForDocker() {
+        AssumeTestGroupUtil.assumeDockerAvailable();
+    }
+
     @Test
     @InSequence(1)
     public void clearInjectedRegistry() {
diff --git a/testsuite/integration/microprofile/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/observability/micrometer/MicrometerSetupTask.java b/testsuite/integration/microprofile/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/observability/micrometer/MicrometerSetupTask.java
index 39013e2c4bf9..d13e6c6d2477 100644
--- a/testsuite/integration/microprofile/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/observability/micrometer/MicrometerSetupTask.java
+++ b/testsuite/integration/microprofile/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/observability/micrometer/MicrometerSetupTask.java
@@ -13,13 +13,16 @@
 import org.jboss.as.controller.client.Operation;
 import org.jboss.as.controller.client.helpers.Operations;
 import org.jboss.as.test.shared.ServerReload;
-import org.jboss.as.test.shared.util.AssumeTestGroupUtil;
 import org.jboss.dmr.ModelNode;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.MountableFile;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+/**
+ * Sets up a functioning Micrometer subsystem configuration. Requires functioning Docker environment! Tests using this
+ * are expected to call AssumeTestGroupUtil.assumeDockerAvailable(); in a @BeforeClass.
+ */
 public class MicrometerSetupTask implements ServerSetupTask {
     static OpenTelemetryCollectorContainer otelCollector;
 
@@ -81,18 +84,16 @@ public void tearDown(final ManagementClient managementClient, String containerId
     }
 
     private void startOpenTelemetryCollector() {
-        if ( AssumeTestGroupUtil.isDockerAvailable()) {
-            String otelCollectorConfigFile = getClass().getPackage().getName().replaceAll("\\.", File.separator) +
-                    File.separator + "otel-collector-config.yaml";
-            otelCollector = new OpenTelemetryCollectorContainer()
-                    .withCopyFileToContainer(MountableFile.forClasspathResource(otelCollectorConfigFile),
-                            OpenTelemetryCollectorContainer.OTEL_COLLECTOR_CONFIG_YAML)
-                    .withCommand("--config " + OpenTelemetryCollectorContainer.OTEL_COLLECTOR_CONFIG_YAML)
-            ;
-
-            otelCollector.start();
-            containerStarted = true;
-        }
+        String otelCollectorConfigFile = getClass().getPackage().getName().replaceAll("\\.", File.separator) +
+                File.separator + "otel-collector-config.yaml";
+        otelCollector = new OpenTelemetryCollectorContainer()
+                .withCopyFileToContainer(MountableFile.forClasspathResource(otelCollectorConfigFile),
+                        OpenTelemetryCollectorContainer.OTEL_COLLECTOR_CONFIG_YAML)
+                .withCommand("--config " + OpenTelemetryCollectorContainer.OTEL_COLLECTOR_CONFIG_YAML)
+        ;
+
+        otelCollector.start();
+        containerStarted = true;
     }
 
     private ModelNode enableStatistics(boolean enabled) {