diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-jms-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/jms/JmsInstrumentationIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-jms-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/jms/JmsInstrumentationIT.java
index 4865ffac58..53af2300b5 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-jms-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/jms/JmsInstrumentationIT.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-jms-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/jms/JmsInstrumentationIT.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ public void testQueueSendReceiveOnTracedThread() throws Exception {
     @Test
     public void testQueueSendReceiveNoWaitOnTracedThread() throws Exception {
         final Queue queue = brokerFacade.createQueue(TEST_Q_NAME);
-        testQueueSendReceiveOnTracedThread(() -> brokerFacade.receiveNoWait(queue), queue);
+        testQueueSendReceiveOnTracedThread(() -> loopReceive(() -> brokerFacade.receiveNoWait(queue), 3000), queue);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -134,7 +135,23 @@ public void testQueueSendReceiveOnNonTracedThread() throws Exception {
     @Test
     public void testQueueSendReceiveNoWaitOnNonTracedThread() throws Exception {
         final Queue queue = brokerFacade.createQueue(TEST_Q_NAME);
-        testQueueSendReceiveOnNonTracedThread(() -> brokerFacade.receiveNoWait(queue), queue);
+        testQueueSendReceiveOnNonTracedThread(() -> loopReceive(() -> brokerFacade.receiveNoWait(queue), 3000), queue);
+    }
+
+    // A utility method for testing the receiveNoWait API consistently
+    private Message loopReceive(Callable<Message> receiveMethod, @SuppressWarnings("SameParameterValue") long timeout) throws Exception {
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        long curr = start;
+        while (curr - start < timeout) {
+            Message ret = receiveMethod.call();
+            if (ret != null) {
+                return ret;
+            } else {
+                Thread.sleep(100);
+                curr = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            }
+        }
+        throw new TimeoutException();
     }
 
     private void testQueueSendReceiveOnTracedThread(Callable<Message> receiveMethod, Queue queue) throws Exception {