diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
index 6887a5e5cc4d18..0d407371f40a0f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
@@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ def test_write_without_source_date_epoch(self):
                 zip_info = zf.getinfo("test_no_source_date_epoch.txt")
                 current_time = time.localtime()[:6]
                 for z_time, c_time in zip(zip_info.date_time, current_time):
-                    self.assertAlmostEqual(z_time, c_time, delta=1)
+                    self.assertAlmostEqual(z_time, c_time, delta=2)
 
     def test_close(self):
         """Check that the zipfile is closed after the 'with' block."""
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-05-05-18-49-44.gh-issue-149425.QnQL8j.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-05-05-18-49-44.gh-issue-149425.QnQL8j.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..680b1fd94488b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-05-05-18-49-44.gh-issue-149425.QnQL8j.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Increase time delta in ``test.test_zipfile.test_core.OtherTests.test_write_without_source_date_epoch``