diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/file/TestIcebergFileMetastoreCreateTableFailure.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/file/TestIcebergFileMetastoreCreateTableFailure.java
index 47761caea762..373b44231e54 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/file/TestIcebergFileMetastoreCreateTableFailure.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/file/TestIcebergFileMetastoreCreateTableFailure.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.parallel.Execution;
 
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -43,8 +44,10 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.parallel.ExecutionMode.SAME_THREAD;
 
 @TestInstance(PER_CLASS)
+@Execution(SAME_THREAD) // testException is shared mutable state
 public class TestIcebergFileMetastoreCreateTableFailure
         extends AbstractTestQueryFramework
 {