diff --git a/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/tracing/active_storage_subscriber_spec.rb b/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/tracing/active_storage_subscriber_spec.rb
index 54b4eda9c..f41b379e1 100644
--- a/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/tracing/active_storage_subscriber_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/tracing/active_storage_subscriber_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 require "spec_helper"
 
-RSpec.describe Sentry::Rails::Tracing::ActiveStorageSubscriber, :subscriber, type: :request, skip: Rails.version.to_f <= 5.2 do
+# Skipped on JRuby because it's very flaky there due to shelling out to use imagemagick CLI
+RSpec.describe Sentry::Rails::Tracing::ActiveStorageSubscriber, :subscriber, type: :request,
+  skip: Rails.version.to_f <= 5.2 || RUBY_PLATFORM == "java" do
   let(:transport) do
     Sentry.get_current_client.transport
   end
diff --git a/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/tracing_spec.rb b/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/tracing_spec.rb
index 1adf2d7fb..65988bc88 100644
--- a/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/tracing_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/tracing_spec.rb
@@ -52,11 +52,9 @@
       expect(second_span[:description]).to eq("SELECT \"posts\".* FROM \"posts\"")
       expect(second_span[:parent_span_id]).to eq(first_span[:span_id])
 
-      # this is to make sure we calculate the timestamp in the correct scale (second instead of millisecond)
-      # Use more relaxed bounds for JRuby compatibility
-      min_duration = 10.0 / 1_000_000  # 10 microseconds
-      max_duration = RUBY_PLATFORM == "java" ? 50.0 / 1000 : 10.0 / 1000  # 50ms for JRuby, 10ms for others
-      expect(second_span[:timestamp] - second_span[:start_timestamp]).to be_between(min_duration, max_duration)
+      expect(second_span[:timestamp] - second_span[:start_timestamp]).to be > 0
+      expect(second_span[:start_timestamp]).to be >= transaction[:start_timestamp]
+      expect(second_span[:timestamp]).to be <= transaction[:timestamp]
     end
 
     it "records transaction alone" do
@@ -91,11 +89,9 @@
       )
       expect(second_span[:parent_span_id]).to eq(first_span[:span_id])
 
-      # this is to make sure we calculate the timestamp in the correct scale (second instead of millisecond)
-      # Use more relaxed bounds for JRuby compatibility
-      min_duration = 10.0 / 1_000_000  # 10 microseconds
-      max_duration = RUBY_PLATFORM == "java" ? 50.0 / 1000 : 10.0 / 1000  # 50ms for JRuby, 10ms for others
-      expect(second_span[:timestamp] - second_span[:start_timestamp]).to be_between(min_duration, max_duration)
+      expect(second_span[:timestamp] - second_span[:start_timestamp]).to be > 0
+      expect(second_span[:start_timestamp]).to be >= transaction[:start_timestamp]
+      expect(second_span[:timestamp]).to be <= transaction[:timestamp]
 
       third_span = transaction[:spans][2]
       expect(third_span[:op]).to eq("template.render_template.action_view")