diff --git a/pkg/twcc/sender_interceptor.go b/pkg/twcc/sender_interceptor.go
index 782dd1b9..8895e446 100644
--- a/pkg/twcc/sender_interceptor.go
+++ b/pkg/twcc/sender_interceptor.go
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ func (s *SenderInterceptorFactory) NewInterceptor(_ string) (interceptor.Interce
 		packetChan: make(chan packet),
 		close:      make(chan struct{}),
 		interval:   100 * time.Millisecond,
-		startTime:  time.Now(),
+		now:        time.Now,
+		newTicker: func(d time.Duration) Ticker {
+			return &timeTicker{time.NewTicker(d)}
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, opt := range s.opts {
@@ -37,6 +40,8 @@ func (s *SenderInterceptorFactory) NewInterceptor(_ string) (interceptor.Interce
 		}
 	}
 
+	senderInterceptor.startTime = senderInterceptor.now()
+
 	if senderInterceptor.loggerFactory == nil {
 		senderInterceptor.loggerFactory = logging.NewDefaultLoggerFactory()
 	}
@@ -66,6 +71,8 @@ type SenderInterceptor struct {
 
 	interval  time.Duration
 	startTime time.Time
+	now       func() time.Time
+	newTicker TickerFactory
 
 	recorder   *Recorder
 	packetChan chan packet
@@ -93,6 +100,24 @@ func WithLoggerFactory(loggerFactory logging.LoggerFactory) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// SendNow sets an alternative for the time.Now function.
+func SendNow(f func() time.Time) Option {
+	return func(s *SenderInterceptor) error {
+		s.now = f
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+// SendTicker sets an alternative for the time.NewTicker function.
+func SendTicker(f TickerFactory) Option {
+	return func(s *SenderInterceptor) error {
+		s.newTicker = f
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // BindRTCPWriter lets you modify any outgoing RTCP packets. It is called once per PeerConnection. The returned method
 // will be called once per packet batch.
 func (s *SenderInterceptor) BindRTCPWriter(writer interceptor.RTCPWriter) interceptor.RTCPWriter {
@@ -163,7 +188,7 @@ func (s *SenderInterceptor) BindRemoteStream(
 				p := packet{
 					hdr:            header,
 					sequenceNumber: tccExt.TransportSequence,
-					arrivalTime:    time.Since(s.startTime).Microseconds(),
+					arrivalTime:    s.now().Sub(s.startTime).Microseconds(),
 					ssrc:           info.SSRC,
 				}
 				select {
@@ -210,7 +235,7 @@ func (s *SenderInterceptor) loop(writer interceptor.RTCPWriter) {
 		s.recorder.Record(p.ssrc, p.sequenceNumber, p.arrivalTime)
 	}
 
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(s.interval)
+	ticker := s.newTicker(s.interval)
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-s.close:
@@ -220,7 +245,7 @@ func (s *SenderInterceptor) loop(writer interceptor.RTCPWriter) {
 		case p := <-s.packetChan:
 			s.recorder.Record(p.ssrc, p.sequenceNumber, p.arrivalTime)
 
-		case <-ticker.C:
+		case <-ticker.Ch():
 			// build and send twcc
 			pkts := s.recorder.BuildFeedbackPacket()
 			if len(pkts) == 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/twcc/sender_interceptor_test.go b/pkg/twcc/sender_interceptor_test.go
index 3f951332..e5f4713b 100644
--- a/pkg/twcc/sender_interceptor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/twcc/sender_interceptor_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ func TestSenderInterceptor(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("after RTP packets", func(t *testing.T) {
-		f, err := NewSenderInterceptor()
+		mt := &test.MockTime{}
+		mt.SetNow(time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+		mTick := &test.MockTicker{C: make(chan time.Time)}
+		f, err := NewSenderInterceptor(
+			SendNow(mt.Now),
+			SendTicker(func(time.Duration) Ticker { return mTick }),
+		)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		i, err := f.NewInterceptor("")
@@ -70,6 +76,13 @@ func TestSenderInterceptor(t *testing.T) {
 			stream.ReceiveRTP(&rtp.Packet{Header: hdr})
 		}
 
+		// Reading a packet means the interceptor has handed it to the send
+		// loop, so the tick below happens after all packets are recorded.
+		for range 10 {
+			assert.NoError(t, (<-stream.ReadRTP()).Err)
+		}
+		mTick.Tick(mt.Now())
+
 		pkts := <-stream.WrittenRTCP()
 		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(pkts))
 		cc, ok := pkts[0].(*rtcp.TransportLayerCC)
diff --git a/pkg/twcc/ticker.go b/pkg/twcc/ticker.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..420c221e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/twcc/ticker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package twcc
+
+import "time"
+
+// Ticker is an interface for *time.Ticker for use with the SendTicker option.
+type Ticker interface {
+	Ch() <-chan time.Time
+	Stop()
+}
+
+// TickerFactory is a factory to create new tickers.
+type TickerFactory func(d time.Duration) Ticker
+
+type timeTicker struct {
+	*time.Ticker
+}
+
+func (t *timeTicker) Ch() <-chan time.Time {
+	return t.C
+}