diff --git a/providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/emr.py b/providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/emr.py
index 14d91d613509b..c1e5ee91556b6 100644
--- a/providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/emr.py
+++ b/providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/emr.py
@@ -471,8 +471,10 @@ class EmrContainerOperator(AwsBaseOperator[EmrContainerHook]):
     :param configuration_overrides: The configuration overrides for the job run,
         specifically either application configuration or monitoring configuration.
     :param client_request_token: The client idempotency token of the job run request.
-        Use this if you want to specify a unique ID to prevent two jobs from getting started.
-        If no token is provided, a UUIDv4 token will be generated for you.
+        Pass an explicit value to make repeated submissions idempotent: EMR on EKS treats a
+        resubmission with the same token as the original run, so task retries return that run
+        instead of starting a new one. If no token is provided, a fresh UUIDv4 is generated on
+        every task attempt, so each retry starts a genuinely new job run.
     :param aws_conn_id: The Airflow connection used for AWS credentials.
         If this is ``None`` or empty then the default boto3 behaviour is used. If
         running Airflow in a distributed manner and aws_conn_id is None or
@@ -545,7 +547,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.release_label = release_label
         self.job_driver = job_driver
         self.configuration_overrides = configuration_overrides or {}
-        self.client_request_token = client_request_token or str(uuid4())
+        self.client_request_token = client_request_token
         self.wait_for_completion = wait_for_completion
         self.poll_interval = poll_interval
         self.max_polling_attempts = max_polling_attempts
@@ -575,13 +577,14 @@ def execute(self, context: Context) -> str | None:
                 configuration_overrides, context
             )
 
+        client_request_token = self.client_request_token or str(uuid4())
         self.job_id = self.hook.submit_job(
             self.name,
             self.execution_role_arn,
             self.release_label,
             self.job_driver,
             configuration_overrides,
-            self.client_request_token,
+            client_request_token,
             self.tags,
             self.job_retry_max_attempts,
         )
diff --git a/providers/amazon/tests/unit/amazon/aws/operators/test_emr_containers.py b/providers/amazon/tests/unit/amazon/aws/operators/test_emr_containers.py
index d18a0f599cb7f..6c01ab14724b0 100644
--- a/providers/amazon/tests/unit/amazon/aws/operators/test_emr_containers.py
+++ b/providers/amazon/tests/unit/amazon/aws/operators/test_emr_containers.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import uuid
 from unittest import mock
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
@@ -172,6 +173,47 @@ def test_execute_complete_raises_on_error_event(self):
         with pytest.raises(AirflowException, match="Error while running job"):
             self.emr_container.execute_complete(context=None, event=event)
 
+    def _make_operator_without_token(self):
+        return EmrContainerOperator(
+            task_id="start_job",
+            name="test_emr_job",
+            virtual_cluster_id="vzw123456",
+            execution_role_arn="arn:aws:somerole",
+            release_label="6.3.0-latest",
+            job_driver={},
+            configuration_overrides={},
+            poll_interval=0,
+        )
+
+    def test_default_client_request_token_not_generated_at_construction(self):
+        operator = self._make_operator_without_token()
+        assert operator.client_request_token is None
+
+    @mock.patch.object(EmrContainerHook, "submit_job")
+    @mock.patch.object(EmrContainerHook, "check_query_status", return_value="COMPLETED")
+    def test_execute_generates_fresh_token_per_attempt(self, mock_check_query_status, mock_submit_job):
+        operator = self._make_operator_without_token()
+
+        operator.execute(None)
+        operator.execute(None)
+
+        tokens = [call.args[5] for call in mock_submit_job.call_args_list]
+        assert tokens[0] != tokens[1]
+        for token in tokens:
+            assert uuid.UUID(token).version == 4
+
+    @mock.patch.object(EmrContainerHook, "submit_job")
+    @mock.patch.object(EmrContainerHook, "check_query_status", return_value="COMPLETED")
+    def test_execute_honors_explicit_token_across_attempts(self, mock_check_query_status, mock_submit_job):
+        self.emr_container.execute(None)
+        self.emr_container.execute(None)
+
+        tokens = [call.args[5] for call in mock_submit_job.call_args_list]
+        assert tokens == [GENERATED_UUID, GENERATED_UUID]
+
+    def test_client_request_token_not_templated(self):
+        assert "client_request_token" not in EmrContainerOperator.template_fields
+
 
 class TestEmrEksCreateClusterOperator:
     def setup_method(self):