diff --git a/temporal-test-server/src/main/java/io/temporal/internal/testservice/TestWorkflowMutableStateImpl.java b/temporal-test-server/src/main/java/io/temporal/internal/testservice/TestWorkflowMutableStateImpl.java
index 84f5791fa..d14de9736 100644
--- a/temporal-test-server/src/main/java/io/temporal/internal/testservice/TestWorkflowMutableStateImpl.java
+++ b/temporal-test-server/src/main/java/io/temporal/internal/testservice/TestWorkflowMutableStateImpl.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 import io.temporal.internal.testservice.StateMachines.ActivityTaskData;
 import io.temporal.internal.testservice.StateMachines.CancelExternalData;
 import io.temporal.internal.testservice.StateMachines.ChildWorkflowData;
+import io.temporal.internal.testservice.StateMachines.NexusOperationData;
 import io.temporal.internal.testservice.StateMachines.SignalExternalData;
 import io.temporal.internal.testservice.StateMachines.State;
 import io.temporal.internal.testservice.StateMachines.TimerData;
@@ -782,11 +783,11 @@ private void processScheduleNexusOperation(
     nexusOperations.put(scheduleEventId, operation);
 
     operation.action(Action.INITIATE, ctx, attr, workflowTaskCompletedId);
+    // Record the current attempt of this
+    int attempt = operation.getData().getAttempt();
     ctx.addTimer(
         ProtobufTimeUtils.toJavaDuration(operation.getData().requestTimeout),
-        () ->
-            timeoutNexusRequest(
-                scheduleEventId, "StartNexusOperation", operation.getData().getAttempt()),
+        () -> timeoutNexusRequest(scheduleEventId, "StartNexusOperation", attempt),
         "StartNexusOperation request timeout");
     if (attr.hasScheduleToCloseTimeout()
         && Durations.toMillis(attr.getScheduleToCloseTimeout()) > 0) {