diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/ExecutorSchedulerBackend.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/ExecutorSchedulerBackend.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d10eab6f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/ExecutorSchedulerBackend.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2026 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.velocitypowered.proxy.scheduler;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link SchedulerBackend} backed by a real {@link ScheduledExecutorService}.
+ */
+public class ExecutorSchedulerBackend implements SchedulerBackend {
+
+  private final ScheduledExecutorService executor;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a ExecutorSchedulerBackend with a default executor.
+   */
+  public ExecutorSchedulerBackend() {
+    this(Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(
+        new ThreadFactoryBuilder()
+            .setDaemon(true)
+            .setNameFormat("Velocity Task Scheduler Timer")
+            .build()
+    ));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a ExecutorSchedulerBackend with a given executor.
+   *
+   * @param executor The executor to use.
+   */
+  public ExecutorSchedulerBackend(ScheduledExecutorService executor) {
+    this.executor = checkNotNull(executor, "executor");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ScheduledFuture<?> schedule(Runnable task, long delay, TimeUnit unit) {
+    return executor.schedule(task, delay, unit);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleAtFixedRate(Runnable task, long initialDelay, long period, TimeUnit unit) {
+    return executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(task, initialDelay, period, unit);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void shutdown() {
+    executor.shutdown();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/SchedulerBackend.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/SchedulerBackend.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab251ca27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/SchedulerBackend.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2026 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.velocitypowered.proxy.scheduler;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+/**
+ * Backend interface used by {@link VelocityScheduler} to schedule timer callbacks.
+ *
+ * <p>This is an internal abstraction that allows tests to replace the real-time scheduler
+ * with a deterministic implementation.
+ */
+interface SchedulerBackend {
+
+  /**
+   * Schedules a task to run once after the given delay.
+   *
+   * @param task the task to run
+   * @param delay the delay
+   * @param unit the delay unit
+   * @return a future representing the scheduled task
+   */
+  ScheduledFuture<?> schedule(Runnable task, long delay, TimeUnit unit);
+
+  /**
+   * Schedules a task to run at a fixed rate.
+   *
+   * @param task the task to run
+   * @param initialDelay the initial delay
+   * @param period the period between runs
+   * @param unit the time unit
+   * @return a future representing the scheduled task
+   */
+  ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleAtFixedRate(Runnable task, long initialDelay, long period, TimeUnit unit);
+
+  /**
+   * Shuts down the backend.
+   */
+  void shutdown();
+}
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/VelocityScheduler.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/VelocityScheduler.java
index 727832bd4..0a38582a7 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/VelocityScheduler.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/VelocityScheduler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Velocity Contributors
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2026 Velocity Contributors
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Multimaps;
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.plugin.PluginContainer;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.plugin.PluginManager;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.scheduler.ScheduledTask;
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -60,20 +58,23 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 public class VelocityScheduler implements Scheduler {
 
   private final PluginManager pluginManager;
-  private final ScheduledExecutorService timerExecutionService;
+  private final SchedulerBackend backend;
   private final Multimap<Object, ScheduledTask> tasksByPlugin = Multimaps.synchronizedMultimap(
       Multimaps.newSetMultimap(new IdentityHashMap<>(), HashSet::new));
 
   /**
-   * Initalizes the scheduler.
+   * Initializes the scheduler.
    *
    * @param pluginManager the Velocity plugin manager
    */
   public VelocityScheduler(PluginManager pluginManager) {
+    this(pluginManager, new ExecutorSchedulerBackend());
+  }
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  VelocityScheduler(PluginManager pluginManager, SchedulerBackend backend) {
     this.pluginManager = pluginManager;
-    this.timerExecutionService = Executors
-        .newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setDaemon(true)
-            .setNameFormat("Velocity Task Scheduler Timer").build());
+    this.backend = backend;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ public class VelocityScheduler implements Scheduler {
     for (ScheduledTask task : terminating) {
       task.cancel();
     }
-    timerExecutionService.shutdown();
+    backend.shutdown();
     final List<PluginContainer> plugins = new ArrayList<>(this.pluginManager.getPlugins());
     final Iterator<PluginContainer> pluginIterator = plugins.iterator();
     while (pluginIterator.hasNext()) {
@@ -232,10 +233,9 @@ public class VelocityScheduler implements Scheduler {
 
     void schedule() {
       if (repeat == 0) {
-        this.future = timerExecutionService.schedule(this, delay, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        this.future = backend.schedule(this, delay, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
       } else {
-        this.future = timerExecutionService
-            .scheduleAtFixedRate(this, delay, repeat, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        this.future = backend.scheduleAtFixedRate(this, delay, repeat, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/proxy/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/DeterministicSchedulerBackend.java b/proxy/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/DeterministicSchedulerBackend.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a472ceb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/DeterministicSchedulerBackend.java
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2026 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.velocitypowered.proxy.scheduler;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.PriorityQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.Delayed;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+/**
+ * A deterministic {@link SchedulerBackend} for tests.
+ *
+ * <p>This backend does not use the wall clock. Tests manually advance time, and all due tasks
+ * are executed deterministically on the calling thread.
+ */
+class DeterministicSchedulerBackend implements SchedulerBackend {
+
+  private final Object lock = new Object();
+  private final PriorityQueue<Entry> queue = new PriorityQueue<>();
+  private boolean shutdown;
+  private long nowNanos;
+  private long seq;
+
+  @Override
+  public ScheduledFuture<?> schedule(Runnable task, long delay, TimeUnit unit) {
+    checkNotNull(task, "task");
+    checkNotNull(unit, "unit");
+    return enqueue(task, unit.toNanos(delay), 0);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleAtFixedRate(Runnable task, long initialDelay, long period, TimeUnit unit) {
+    checkNotNull(task, "task");
+    checkNotNull(unit, "unit");
+    checkArgument(period > 0, "period must be > 0");
+    return enqueue(task, unit.toNanos(initialDelay), unit.toNanos(period));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void shutdown() {
+    synchronized (lock) {
+      shutdown = true;
+      queue.clear();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs all tasks that are due "now" without advancing time.
+   */
+  void runUntilIdle() {
+    drainDueTasks();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Advances virtual time and runs all tasks that become due.
+   *
+   * @param duration the amount of time to advance
+   */
+  void advance(Duration duration) {
+    checkNotNull(duration, "duration");
+    advance(duration.toNanos());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Advances virtual time and runs all tasks that become due.
+   *
+   * @param time the time to advance
+   * @param unit the unit
+   */
+  void advance(long time, TimeUnit unit) {
+    checkNotNull(unit, "unit");
+    advance(unit.toNanos(time));
+  }
+
+  private void advance(long nanos) {
+    if (nanos < 0) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("nanos must be >= 0");
+    }
+    synchronized (lock) {
+      nowNanos += nanos;
+    }
+    drainDueTasks();
+  }
+
+  private ScheduledFuture<?> enqueue(Runnable task, long delayNanos, long periodNanos) {
+    synchronized (lock) {
+      if (shutdown) {
+        throw new java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException("backend is shut down");
+      }
+      Entry entry = new Entry(task, nowNanos + Math.max(0, delayNanos), periodNanos, seq++);
+      entry.future = new FutureImpl(entry);
+      queue.add(entry);
+      return entry.future;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void drainDueTasks() {
+    while (true) {
+      Entry entry;
+      synchronized (lock) {
+        entry = queue.peek();
+        if (entry == null || entry.nextRunNanos > nowNanos) {
+          return;
+        }
+        queue.poll();
+      }
+
+      // Run outside the lock to avoid deadlocks if tasks schedule more work.
+      if (!entry.future.isCancelled()) {
+        try {
+          entry.task.run();
+        } finally {
+          // no-op
+        }
+      }
+
+      synchronized (lock) {
+        if (entry.future.isCancelled()) {
+          // Cancelled tasks are not re-queued.
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        if (entry.periodNanos == 0) {
+          entry.future.complete();
+        } else {
+          // Fixed-rate semantics: next run time is based on the scheduled time, not completion time.
+          entry.nextRunNanos = entry.nextRunNanos + entry.periodNanos;
+          queue.add(entry);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private final class FutureImpl implements ScheduledFuture<Object> {
+
+    private final Entry entry;
+    private final CountDownLatch completion = new CountDownLatch(1);
+    private volatile boolean cancelled;
+    private volatile boolean done;
+
+    private FutureImpl(Entry entry) {
+      this.entry = entry;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean cancel(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning) {
+      synchronized (lock) {
+        if (done) {
+          return false;
+        }
+        cancelled = true;
+        done = true;
+        queue.remove(entry);
+      }
+      completion.countDown();
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCancelled() {
+      return cancelled;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isDone() {
+      return done;
+    }
+
+    void complete() {
+      if (!done) {
+        done = true;
+        completion.countDown();
+      }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object get() throws InterruptedException {
+      completion.await();
+      if (cancelled) {
+        throw new CancellationException();
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object get(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException, java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException {
+      if (!completion.await(timeout, unit)) {
+        throw new java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException();
+      }
+      if (cancelled) {
+        throw new CancellationException();
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getDelay(TimeUnit unit) {
+      synchronized (lock) {
+        long remaining = Math.max(0, entry.nextRunNanos - nowNanos);
+        return unit.convert(remaining, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
+      }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(Delayed o) {
+      long d1 = getDelay(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
+      long d2 = o.getDelay(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
+      return Long.compare(d1, d2);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static final class Entry implements Comparable<Entry> {
+
+    private final Runnable task;
+    private final long periodNanos;
+    private final long sequence;
+    private long nextRunNanos;
+    private FutureImpl future;
+
+    private Entry(Runnable task, long nextRunNanos, long periodNanos, long sequence) {
+      this.task = task;
+      this.nextRunNanos = nextRunNanos;
+      this.periodNanos = periodNanos;
+      this.sequence = sequence;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(Entry other) {
+      int cmp = Long.compare(this.nextRunNanos, other.nextRunNanos);
+      if (cmp != 0) {
+        return cmp;
+      }
+      return Long.compare(this.sequence, other.sequence);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/proxy/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/VelocitySchedulerTest.java b/proxy/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/VelocitySchedulerTest.java
index e31a8a7e3..15b8f1e9f 100644
--- a/proxy/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/VelocitySchedulerTest.java
+++ b/proxy/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/scheduler/VelocitySchedulerTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Velocity Contributors
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2026 Velocity Contributors
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package com.velocitypowered.proxy.scheduler;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 import com.velocitypowered.api.scheduler.ScheduledTask;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.scheduler.TaskStatus;
@@ -31,22 +32,26 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 class VelocitySchedulerTest {
-  // TODO: The timings here will be inaccurate on slow systems.
 
   @Test
   void buildTask() throws Exception {
-    VelocityScheduler scheduler = new VelocityScheduler(new FakePluginManager());
+    DeterministicSchedulerBackend backend = new DeterministicSchedulerBackend();
+    VelocityScheduler scheduler = new VelocityScheduler(new FakePluginManager(), backend);
+
     CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
-    ScheduledTask task = scheduler.buildTask(FakePluginManager.PLUGIN_A, latch::countDown)
-        .schedule();
-    latch.await();
+    ScheduledTask task = scheduler.buildTask(FakePluginManager.PLUGIN_A, latch::countDown).schedule();
+
+    backend.runUntilIdle(); // runs tasks due at t=0
+    assertTrue(latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+
     ((VelocityTask) task).awaitCompletion();
     assertEquals(TaskStatus.FINISHED, task.status());
   }
 
   @Test
-  void cancelWorks() throws Exception {
-    VelocityScheduler scheduler = new VelocityScheduler(new FakePluginManager());
+  void cancelWorks() {
+    DeterministicSchedulerBackend backend = new DeterministicSchedulerBackend();
+    VelocityScheduler scheduler = new VelocityScheduler(new FakePluginManager(), backend);
     AtomicInteger i = new AtomicInteger(3);
     ScheduledTask task = scheduler.buildTask(FakePluginManager.PLUGIN_A, i::decrementAndGet)
         .delay(100, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
@@ -58,19 +63,26 @@ class VelocitySchedulerTest {
 
   @Test
   void repeatTaskWorks() throws Exception {
-    VelocityScheduler scheduler = new VelocityScheduler(new FakePluginManager());
+    DeterministicSchedulerBackend backend = new DeterministicSchedulerBackend();
+    VelocityScheduler scheduler = new VelocityScheduler(new FakePluginManager(), backend);
+
     CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(3);
     ScheduledTask task = scheduler.buildTask(FakePluginManager.PLUGIN_A, latch::countDown)
         .delay(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
         .repeat(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
         .schedule();
-    latch.await();
+
+    backend.advance(300, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS); // triggers 3 timer firings deterministically
+    assertTrue(latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+
     task.cancel();
   }
 
   @Test
   void obtainTasksFromPlugin() throws Exception {
-    VelocityScheduler scheduler = new VelocityScheduler(new FakePluginManager());
+    DeterministicSchedulerBackend backend = new DeterministicSchedulerBackend();
+    VelocityScheduler scheduler = new VelocityScheduler(new FakePluginManager(), backend);
+
     CountDownLatch runningLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
     CountDownLatch endingLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
 
@@ -86,16 +98,19 @@ class VelocitySchedulerTest {
         .repeat(Duration.ofMillis(5))
         .schedule();
 
-    runningLatch.await();
+    backend.advance(50, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS); // run first tick only (no wall clock)
+    assertTrue(runningLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
 
-    assertEquals(scheduler.tasksByPlugin(FakePluginManager.PLUGIN_A).size(), 1);
+    assertEquals(1, scheduler.tasksByPlugin(FakePluginManager.PLUGIN_A).size());
 
     endingLatch.countDown();
   }
 
   @Test
   void testConsumerCancel() throws Exception {
-    VelocityScheduler scheduler = new VelocityScheduler(new FakePluginManager());
+    DeterministicSchedulerBackend backend = new DeterministicSchedulerBackend();
+    VelocityScheduler scheduler = new VelocityScheduler(new FakePluginManager(), backend);
+
     CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
 
     ScheduledTask task = scheduler.buildTask(
@@ -108,14 +123,17 @@ class VelocitySchedulerTest {
 
     assertEquals(TaskStatus.SCHEDULED, task.status());
 
-    latch.await();
+    backend.runUntilIdle(); // initialDelay is 0 -> due immediately in virtual time
+    assertTrue(latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
 
     assertEquals(TaskStatus.CANCELLED, task.status());
   }
 
   @Test
   void testConsumerEquality() throws Exception {
-    VelocityScheduler scheduler = new VelocityScheduler(new FakePluginManager());
+    DeterministicSchedulerBackend backend = new DeterministicSchedulerBackend();
+    VelocityScheduler scheduler = new VelocityScheduler(new FakePluginManager(), backend);
+
     CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
 
     AtomicReference<ScheduledTask> consumerTask = new AtomicReference<>();
@@ -127,10 +145,10 @@ class VelocitySchedulerTest {
     }).delay(60, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).schedule();
 
     initialTask.set(task);
-    latch.await();
+
+    backend.advance(60, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+    assertTrue(latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
 
     assertEquals(consumerTask.get(), initialTask.get());
-
   }
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}