diff --git a/docker/common/install_ucx.sh b/docker/common/install_ucx.sh
index cdcadee8c5dc..efc0a446969c 100644
--- a/docker/common/install_ucx.sh
+++ b/docker/common/install_ucx.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
 set -ex
 
 # Authenticate the github.com clone below; no-op when no token is available.
@@ -6,6 +21,7 @@ source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/github_auth.sh"
 
 UCX_VERSION="v1.23.x"
 UCX_COMMIT="65e342a82dd2609a28c8c2b8c45ed7fe2cb33fa0"
+UCX_TIMER_FIX_COMMIT="62182080282372e27a5cad45f23b7ac424b7cd94"
 UCX_INSTALL_PATH="/usr/local/ucx/"
 CUDA_PATH="/usr/local/cuda"
 UCX_REPO="https://github.com/openucx/ucx.git"
@@ -21,6 +37,12 @@ git -C ucx remote add origin ${UCX_REPO}
 git -C ucx fetch -q --depth 1 origin ${UCX_COMMIT}
 git -C ucx checkout -q FETCH_HEAD
 
+# Advance the timer wheel before callbacks to prevent false UD peer timeouts.
+git -C ucx fetch -q --depth 2 origin ${UCX_TIMER_FIX_COMMIT}
+git -C ucx diff ${UCX_TIMER_FIX_COMMIT}^ ${UCX_TIMER_FIX_COMMIT} > ucx/ucx-timer-fix.patch
+git -C ucx apply ucx-timer-fix.patch
+rm ucx/ucx-timer-fix.patch
+
 tar -czf /third-party-source/ucx-${UCX_VERSION}.tar.gz ucx
 cd ucx
 # Pull external/gpunetio shallow, for the same reason: autogen.sh below does a