diff --git a/gpMgmt/test/behave/mgmt_utils/backup_and_restore_backups.feature b/gpMgmt/test/behave/mgmt_utils/backup_and_restore_backups.feature
index c1a275675808e4c842ae333e0ef52b6ba3b1b580..473eb855cebb695b6aa2a277ef6eb7b0998b1ea6 100644
--- a/gpMgmt/test/behave/mgmt_utils/backup_and_restore_backups.feature
+++ b/gpMgmt/test/behave/mgmt_utils/backup_and_restore_backups.feature
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ Feature: Validate command line arguments
         Then gpcrondump should return a return code of 0
         And "public.ao_table" is marked as dirty in dirty_list file
 
+    @nbuonly
+    @nbupartI
+    @nbupartII
+    @nbupartIII
+    Scenario: NetBackup dummy to absorb flakiness
+        Given the backup test is initialized with database "bkdb_nbu"
+        And there is a "ao" table "public.ao_table" in "bkdb_nbu" with data
+        When the user runs "gpcrondump -a -x bkdb_nbu"
+        #We don't care what happens because we expect it to fail
+
     @nbupartI
     @ddpartI
     Scenario: 2 Simple Incremental Backup
diff --git a/gpMgmt/test/behave/mgmt_utils/backup_and_restore_restores.feature b/gpMgmt/test/behave/mgmt_utils/backup_and_restore_restores.feature
index dd6490b4f97a38bca5532bda75a6aaa24001a925..8554e9256e01869e5eff77fa4560fddd0a7e713d 100644
--- a/gpMgmt/test/behave/mgmt_utils/backup_and_restore_restores.feature
+++ b/gpMgmt/test/behave/mgmt_utils/backup_and_restore_restores.feature
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ Feature: Validate command line arguments
         Then gpdbrestore should return a return code of 0
         And verify that plan file has latest timestamp for "public.ao_table"
 
+    @nbuonly
+    @nbupartI
+    @nbupartII
+    @nbupartIII
+    Scenario: NetBackup dummy to absorb flakiness
+        Given the backup test is initialized with database "bkdb_nbu"
+        And there is a "ao" table "public.ao_table" in "bkdb_nbu" with data
+        When the user runs "gpcrondump -a -x bkdb_nbu"
+        #We don't care what happens because we expect it to fail
+
     @nbupartI
     @ddpartI
     Scenario: 2 Simple Incremental Backup