diff --git a/spark/v3.2/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/TestRemoveOrphanFilesAction.java b/spark/v3.2/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/TestRemoveOrphanFilesAction.java
index bcabe38e79f1..c1b0ddae8efb 100644
--- a/spark/v3.2/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/TestRemoveOrphanFilesAction.java
+++ b/spark/v3.2/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/TestRemoveOrphanFilesAction.java
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ public void orphanedFileRemovedWithParallelTasks() throws InterruptedException,
 
     DeleteOrphanFiles.Result result = SparkActions.get().deleteOrphanFiles(table)
             .executeDeleteWith(executorService)
-            .olderThan(System.currentTimeMillis())
+            .olderThan(System.currentTimeMillis() + 5000)  // Ensure all orphan files are selected
             .deleteWith(file -> {
               deleteThreads.add(Thread.currentThread().getName());
               deletedFiles.add(file);