diff --git a/tests/core/engine_adapter/integration/test_integration_athena.py b/tests/core/engine_adapter/integration/test_integration_athena.py
index 9d23af206e..a4b91f823d 100644
--- a/tests/core/engine_adapter/integration/test_integration_athena.py
+++ b/tests/core/engine_adapter/integration/test_integration_athena.py
@@ -48,8 +48,21 @@ def s3_list_objects(s3: t.Any, location: str, **list_objects_kwargs: t.Any) -> t
     return lst
 
 
+def s3_delete_objects(s3: t.Any, location: str) -> None:
+    # The S3 location for a given test is stable across pytest-rerunfailures retries within the same
+    # test session (it's derived from the session's testrun_uid + the test's name), so a prior failed
+    # attempt can leave objects behind that a subsequent retry would otherwise trip over. Proactively
+    # clearing the prefix makes these tests self-healing instead of just asserting it's already empty.
+    bucket, prefix = parse_s3_uri(location)
+    for page in s3.get_paginator("list_objects_v2").paginate(Bucket=bucket, Prefix=prefix):
+        objects = [{"Key": o["Key"]} for o in page.get("Contents", [])]
+        if objects:
+            s3.delete_objects(Bucket=bucket, Delete={"Objects": objects})
+
+
 def test_clear_partition_data(ctx: TestContext, engine_adapter: AthenaEngineAdapter, s3: t.Any):
     base_uri = engine_adapter.s3_warehouse_location_or_raise
+    s3_delete_objects(s3, base_uri)
     assert len(s3_list_objects(s3, base_uri)) == 0
 
     src_table = ctx.table("src_table")
@@ -239,6 +252,7 @@ def test_hive_truncate_table(ctx: TestContext, engine_adapter: AthenaEngineAdapt
         ]
     )
 
+    s3_delete_objects(s3, base_uri)
     assert len(s3_list_objects(s3, base_uri)) == 0
 
     engine_adapter.ctas(table_name=table_1, query_or_df=base_data)