diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/tx/claimable_balance.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/tx/claimable_balance.rs
index 4cd4429c1e..74e603b65a 100644
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/tx/claimable_balance.rs
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/tx/claimable_balance.rs
@@ -140,24 +140,21 @@ async fn clawback_claimable_balance() {
         .assert()
         .success();
 
-    // Fetch the balance ID from Horizon
-    let horizon_url = format!(
-        "http://localhost:8000/claimable_balances/?claimant={}",
-        claimant
-    );
-    let response = reqwest::get(&horizon_url)
-        .await
-        .expect("Failed to fetch claimable balances from Horizon");
-
-    let json: serde_json::Value = response
-        .json()
-        .await
-        .expect("Failed to parse Horizon response");
-
-    // Extract the balance ID from the response
-    let balance_id = json["_embedded"]["records"][0]["id"]
-        .as_str()
-        .expect("Failed to get balance ID from Horizon response");
+    // Fetch the balance ID from Horizon. Poll instead of reading once: Horizon
+    // ingestion lags the RPC ack, so an immediate read can find no record yet.
+    let horizon_url = format!("http://localhost:8000/claimable_balances/?claimant={claimant}");
+    let balance_id = crate::integration::util::poll_horizon_until(
+        &horizon_url,
+        |json| {
+            json["_embedded"]["records"][0]["id"]
+                .as_str()
+                .map(ToString::to_string)
+        },
+        |_| true,
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("claimable balance never appeared on Horizon within the polling window");
+    let balance_id = balance_id.as_str();
 
     // Test clawback-claimable-balance command
     // this should succeed for the issuer
diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/tx/clawback.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/tx/clawback.rs
index 0232415327..f03d50d592 100644
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/tx/clawback.rs
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/tx/clawback.rs
@@ -105,33 +105,30 @@ async fn clawback() {
         .assert()
         .success();
 
-    // Verify holder's balance after clawback (should be 500 USDC: 1000 sent - 500 clawed back)
-    let horizon_url = format!("http://localhost:8000/accounts/{}", holder);
-    let response = reqwest::get(&horizon_url)
-        .await
-        .expect("Failed to fetch account from Horizon");
-    let json: serde_json::Value = response
-        .json()
-        .await
-        .expect("Failed to parse Horizon response");
-
-    let final_balance = json["balances"]
-        .as_array()
-        .unwrap()
-        .iter()
-        .find(|balance| {
-            balance["asset_code"].as_str() == Some("USDC")
-                && balance["asset_issuer"].as_str() == Some(&issuer)
-        })
-        .expect("USDC balance not found after clawback")["balance"]
-        .as_str()
-        .unwrap()
-        .parse::<f64>()
-        .unwrap();
+    // Verify holder's balance after clawback (should be 500 USDC: 1000 sent -
+    // 500 clawed back). Poll instead of reading once: Horizon ingestion lags
+    // the RPC ack, so an immediate read can still see the pre-clawback balance.
+    let horizon_url = format!("http://localhost:8000/accounts/{holder}");
+    let final_balance = crate::integration::util::poll_horizon_until(
+        &horizon_url,
+        |json| {
+            json["balances"].as_array()?.iter().find(|balance| {
+                balance["asset_code"].as_str() == Some("USDC")
+                    && balance["asset_issuer"].as_str() == Some(&issuer)
+            })?["balance"]
+                .as_str()?
+                .parse::<f64>()
+                .ok()
+        },
+        |balance| *balance == 500.0,
+    )
+    .await;
 
     assert_eq!(
-        final_balance, 500.0,
-        "Holder should have 500 USDC remaining after clawback (1000 sent - 500 clawed back)"
+        final_balance,
+        Some(500.0),
+        "Holder should have 500 USDC remaining after clawback (1000 sent - 500 clawed back); \
+         last balance observed on Horizon within the polling window shown on the left"
     );
 
     // Verify that a non-issuer cannot perform clawback
diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/util.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/util.rs
index f2c811c6fd..ce6b4fb5e2 100644
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/util.rs
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/util.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,36 @@ pub const CUSTOM_TYPES: &Wasm = &Wasm::Custom("test-wasms", "test_custom_types")
 pub const CUSTOM_ACCOUNT: &Wasm = &Wasm::Custom("test-wasms", "test_custom_account");
 pub const SWAP: &Wasm = &Wasm::Custom("test-wasms", "test_swap");
 
+/// Poll a Horizon endpoint until `extract` yields a value that `accept`s, or
+/// ~30s elapse (150 tries, 200ms apart).
+///
+/// Horizon ingestion lags the RPC acknowledgment the CLI returns on, so a
+/// read issued immediately after a submitted transaction can observe stale
+/// state. On timeout the last successfully extracted value is returned (even
+/// if never accepted) so the caller's assertion message can show what Horizon
+/// actually reported instead of a bare `None`.
+pub async fn poll_horizon_until<T>(
+    url: &str,
+    extract: impl Fn(&serde_json::Value) -> Option<T>,
+    accept: impl Fn(&T) -> bool,
+) -> Option<T> {
+    let mut last = None;
+    for _ in 0..150 {
+        if let Ok(response) = reqwest::get(url).await {
+            if let Ok(json) = response.json::<serde_json::Value>().await {
+                if let Some(value) = extract(&json) {
+                    if accept(&value) {
+                        return Some(value);
+                    }
+                    last = Some(value);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+    }
+    last
+}
+
 pub async fn invoke(sandbox: &TestEnv, id: &str, func: &str, data: &str) -> String {
     sandbox
         .invoke_with_test(&["--id", id, "--", func, &format!("--{func}"), data])