diff --git a/spark/v3.5/build.gradle b/spark/v3.5/build.gradle
index d73a50b2e7c6..58edd4145602 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/build.gradle
+++ b/spark/v3.5/build.gradle
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ project(":iceberg-spark:iceberg-spark-${sparkMajorVersion}_${scalaVersion}") {
     testImplementation project(path: ':iceberg-core', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
     testImplementation project(path: ':iceberg-data', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
     testImplementation libs.sqlite.jdbc
+    testImplementation libs.awaitility
   }
 
   test {
diff --git a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkSQLExecutionHelper.java b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkSQLExecutionHelper.java
index 3b350bc91e72..cdbc198b6369 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkSQLExecutionHelper.java
+++ b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkSQLExecutionHelper.java
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@
  */
 package org.apache.iceberg.spark.source;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.ui.SQLAppStatusStore;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.ui.SQLExecutionUIData;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.ui.SQLPlanMetric;
-import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
 import scala.Option;
 
 public class SparkSQLExecutionHelper {
@@ -42,28 +45,26 @@ public static String lastExecutedMetricValue(SparkSession spark, String metricNa
     SQLExecutionUIData lastExecution = statusStore.executionsList().last();
     Option<SQLPlanMetric> sqlPlanMetric =
         lastExecution.metrics().find(metric -> metric.name().equals(metricName));
-    Assert.assertTrue(
-        String.format("Metric '%s' not found in last execution", metricName),
-        sqlPlanMetric.isDefined());
+    assertThat(sqlPlanMetric.isDefined())
+        .as(String.format("Metric '%s' not found in last execution", metricName))
+        .isTrue();
     long metricId = sqlPlanMetric.get().accumulatorId();
 
     // Refresh metricValues, they will remain null until the execution is complete and metrics are
     // aggregated
-    int attempts = 3;
-    while (lastExecution.metricValues() == null && attempts > 0) {
-      try {
-        Thread.sleep(100);
-        attempts--;
-      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-        throw new RuntimeException(e);
-      }
+    Awaitility.await()
+        .atMost(Duration.ofMillis(500))
+        .pollInterval(Duration.ofMillis(100))
+        .untilAsserted(
+            () -> assertThat(statusStore.execution(lastExecution.executionId()).get()).isNotNull());
 
-      lastExecution = statusStore.execution(lastExecution.executionId()).get();
-    }
+    SQLExecutionUIData exec = statusStore.execution(lastExecution.executionId()).get();
 
-    Assert.assertNotNull("Metric values were not finalized", lastExecution.metricValues());
-    String metricValue = lastExecution.metricValues().get(metricId).getOrElse(null);
-    Assert.assertNotNull(String.format("Metric '%s' was not finalized", metricName), metricValue);
+    assertThat(exec.metricValues()).as("Metric values were not finalized").isNotNull();
+    String metricValue = exec.metricValues().get(metricId).getOrElse(null);
+    assertThat(metricValue)
+        .as(String.format("Metric '%s' was not finalized", metricName))
+        .isNotNull();
     return metricValue;
   }
 }