diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/qos/AsyncTokenBucketTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/qos/AsyncTokenBucketTest.java
index eae4aea0af347..d12f21c718cc5 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/qos/AsyncTokenBucketTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/qos/AsyncTokenBucketTest.java
@@ -207,12 +207,14 @@ void shouldTolerateInstableClockSourceWhenUpdatingTokens() {
         DefaultMonotonicSnapshotClock monotonicSnapshotClock =
                 new DefaultMonotonicSnapshotClock(resolutionNanos,
                         () -> offset.get() + manualClockSource.get());
+        long initialTokens = 500L;
         asyncTokenBucket =
                 AsyncTokenBucket.builder().resolutionNanos(resolutionNanos)
-                        .capacity(100000).rate(1000).initialTokens(500).clock(monotonicSnapshotClock).build();
+                        .capacity(100000).rate(1000).initialTokens(initialTokens).clock(monotonicSnapshotClock).build();
         Random random = new Random(0);
         int randomOffsetCount = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
+            // increment the clock by 1ms, since rate is 1000 tokens/s, this should make 1 token available
             incrementMillis(1);
             if (i % 39 == 0) {
                 // randomly offset the clock source
@@ -222,9 +224,15 @@ void shouldTolerateInstableClockSourceWhenUpdatingTokens() {
                 asyncTokenBucket.tokens(true);
                 randomOffsetCount++;
             }
+            // consume 1 token
             asyncTokenBucket.consumeTokens(1);
         }
         assertThat(asyncTokenBucket.tokens(true))
-                .isGreaterThan(500L).isCloseTo(500L, Offset.offset(3L * randomOffsetCount));
+                // since the rate is 1/ms and the test increments the clock by 1ms and consumes 1 token in each
+                // iteration, the tokens should be greater than or equal to the initial tokens
+                .isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(initialTokens)
+                // tolerate difference in added tokens since when clock leaps forward or backwards, the clock
+                // is assumed to have moved forward by the resolutionNanos
+                .isCloseTo(initialTokens, Offset.offset(3L * randomOffsetCount));
     }
 }
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