diff --git a/airflow/models/taskinstance.py b/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
index 2fd5df910afd0..a0a58af684e11 100644
--- a/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
+++ b/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ def clear_task_instances(
                 ti.state = TaskInstanceState.RESTARTING
                 job_ids.append(ti.job_id)
         else:
+            # When the task is deferred the try_number is decremented so that the same try
+            # number is used when the task resumes execution to process the  event. But in case of
+            # clearing the try number should be incremented so that the next run doesn't reuse the same try_number
+            if ti.state == TaskInstanceState.DEFERRED:
+                ti._try_number += 1
+
             ti_dag = dag if dag and dag.dag_id == ti.dag_id else dag_bag.get_dag(ti.dag_id, session=session)
             task_id = ti.task_id
             if ti_dag and ti_dag.has_task(task_id):
diff --git a/tests/www/views/test_views_tasks.py b/tests/www/views/test_views_tasks.py
index 2b893c40f671d..0813e638e7c8e 100644
--- a/tests/www/views/test_views_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/www/views/test_views_tasks.py
@@ -856,6 +856,42 @@ def test_task_instance_clear(session, request, client_fixture, should_succeed):
     assert state == (State.NONE if should_succeed else initial_state)
 
 
+def test_task_instance_clear_deferred(session, admin_client, create_task_instance):
+    """Ensures clearing a task instance in deferred state increments _try_number for next execution."""
+    task_instance = create_task_instance(
+        dag_id="example_bash_decorator",
+        task_id="runme_0",
+        execution_date=timezone.utcnow(),
+        state=State.DEFERRED,
+    )
+    task_id = task_instance.task_id
+    run_id = task_instance.run_id
+    old_try_number = task_instance._try_number
+
+    data = {
+        "dag_id": task_instance.dag_id,
+        "dag_run_id": task_instance.dag_run.run_id,
+        "execution_date": DEFAULT_DATE,
+        "task_id": task_instance.task_id,
+        "upstream": "false",
+        "downstream": "false",
+        "future": "true",
+        "past": "true",
+        "only_failed": "false",
+        "confirmed": "true",
+    }
+
+    resp = admin_client.post("clear", data=data, follow_redirects=True)
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+
+    try_number = (
+        session.query(TaskInstance._try_number)
+        .filter(TaskInstance.task_id == task_id, TaskInstance.run_id == run_id)
+        .scalar()
+    )
+    assert try_number == old_try_number + 1
+
+
 def test_task_instance_clear_downstream(session, admin_client, dag_maker):
     """Ensures clearing a task instance clears its downstream dependencies exclusively"""
     with dag_maker(