diff --git a/token/core/common/validator.go b/token/core/common/validator.go
index 207594d0f1..f2e8199a90 100644
--- a/token/core/common/validator.go
+++ b/token/core/common/validator.go
@@ -9,12 +9,38 @@ package common
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hyperledger-labs/fabric-smart-client/pkg/utils/errors"
 	"github.com/hyperledger-labs/fabric-token-sdk/token/driver"
 	"github.com/hyperledger-labs/fabric-token-sdk/token/services/logging"
 )
 
+// validationTimeKey is the unexported context key used to carry a deterministic
+// reference timestamp into the token-request validator (e.g. the Fabric proposal
+// timestamp from stub.GetTxTimestamp()).
+type validationTimeKey struct{}
+
+// WithValidationTime returns a child context that carries t as the reference
+// time for HTLC deadline evaluation.  Call this from the chaincode path so that
+// all endorsing peers use the same client-supplied proposal timestamp instead of
+// each peer's local wall clock.
+func WithValidationTime(ctx context.Context, t time.Time) context.Context {
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, validationTimeKey{}, t)
+}
+
+// validationTimeFromContext extracts the reference time injected by
+// WithValidationTime.  If none was set it falls back to time.Now(), which
+// preserves the existing behaviour for non-chaincode callers (local FSC
+// validation, unit tests, etc.).
+func validationTimeFromContext(ctx context.Context) time.Time {
+	if t, ok := ctx.Value(validationTimeKey{}).(time.Time); ok && !t.IsZero() {
+		return t
+	}
+
+	return time.Now()
+}
+
 // MetadataCounterID defines the type for metadata counter identifiers.
 type MetadataCounterID = string
 
@@ -40,6 +66,11 @@ type Context[P driver.PublicParameters, T driver.Input, TA driver.TransferAction
 	Ledger            driver.Ledger
 	MetadataCounter   map[MetadataCounterID]int
 	Attributes        driver.ValidationAttributes
+	// Now is the reference time used for HTLC deadline evaluation.
+	// It is populated by VerifyTransfer from the Go context so that the
+	// chaincode path can supply the deterministic Fabric proposal timestamp
+	// (stub.GetTxTimestamp()) instead of each peer's local wall clock.
+	Now time.Time
 }
 
 // CountMetadataKey increments the counter for the passed metadata key.
@@ -285,6 +316,7 @@ func (v *Validator[P, T, TA, IA, DS]) VerifyTransfer(
 		SignatureProvider: signatureProvider,
 		MetadataCounter:   map[MetadataCounterID]int{},
 		Attributes:        attributes,
+		Now:               validationTimeFromContext(ctx),
 	}
 	for _, v := range v.TransferValidators {
 		if err := v(ctx, context); err != nil {
diff --git a/token/core/fabtoken/v1/validator/validator_transfer.go b/token/core/fabtoken/v1/validator/validator_transfer.go
index 943938aa1c..0a54943080 100644
--- a/token/core/fabtoken/v1/validator/validator_transfer.go
+++ b/token/core/fabtoken/v1/validator/validator_transfer.go
@@ -140,7 +140,10 @@ func TransferBalanceValidate(c context.Context, ctx *Context) error {
 
 // TransferHTLCValidate checks the validity of the HTLC scripts, if any
 func TransferHTLCValidate(c context.Context, ctx *Context) error {
-	now := time.Now()
+	now := ctx.Now
+	if now.IsZero() {
+		now = time.Now()
+	}
 
 	for i, in := range ctx.InputTokens {
 		owner, err := identity.UnmarshalTypedIdentity(in.GetOwner())
diff --git a/token/core/zkatdlog/nogh/v1/validator/validator_transfer.go b/token/core/zkatdlog/nogh/v1/validator/validator_transfer.go
index 54bb95a6ad..6e3746ab5c 100644
--- a/token/core/zkatdlog/nogh/v1/validator/validator_transfer.go
+++ b/token/core/zkatdlog/nogh/v1/validator/validator_transfer.go
@@ -148,7 +148,10 @@ func TransferZKProofValidate(c context.Context, ctx *Context) error {
 // TransferHTLCValidate validates the HTLC scripts in the transfer action.
 // It ensures that HTLC scripts only transfer ownership of a single token and that the script conditions are met.
 func TransferHTLCValidate(c context.Context, ctx *Context) error {
-	now := time.Now()
+	now := ctx.Now
+	if now.IsZero() {
+		now = time.Now()
+	}
 
 	for i, in := range ctx.InputTokens {
 		owner, err := identity.UnmarshalTypedIdentity(in.Owner)
diff --git a/token/services/network/fabric/tcc/tcc.go b/token/services/network/fabric/tcc/tcc.go
index 6f8be29572..d16df5ef94 100644
--- a/token/services/network/fabric/tcc/tcc.go
+++ b/token/services/network/fabric/tcc/tcc.go
@@ -231,9 +231,20 @@ func (cc *TokenChaincode) ProcessRequest(raw []byte, stub shim.ChaincodeStubInte
 		return shim.Error(err.Error())
 	}
 
+	// Derive a deterministic reference time from the Fabric proposal timestamp.
+	// stub.GetTxTimestamp() returns the timestamp embedded by the client in the
+	// signed proposal; it is identical for all endorsing peers processing the
+	// same transaction, making HTLC deadline evaluation deterministic across the
+	// endorsing set regardless of local wall-clock skew.
+	ts, err := stub.GetTxTimestamp()
+	if err != nil {
+		return shim.Error("failed to get tx timestamp: " + err.Error())
+	}
+	ctx := common.WithValidationTime(context.Background(), ts.AsTime())
+
 	// Verify
 	actions, attributes, err := validator.UnmarshallAndVerifyWithMetadata(
-		context.Background(),
+		ctx,
 		&ledger{stub: stub, keyTranslator: &keys.Translator{}},
 		token.RequestAnchor(stub.GetTxID()),
 		raw,
@@ -244,7 +255,6 @@ func (cc *TokenChaincode) ProcessRequest(raw []byte, stub shim.ChaincodeStubInte
 
 	// Write
 	w := translator.New(stub.GetTxID(), translator.NewRWSetWrapper(&rwsWrapper{stub: stub}, "", stub.GetTxID()), &keys.Translator{})
-	ctx := context.Background()
 	for _, action := range actions {
 		err = w.Write(ctx, action)
 		if err != nil {