diff --git a/airflow/models/dagrun.py b/airflow/models/dagrun.py
index 4773a89d1dd16..423c624f0c297 100644
--- a/airflow/models/dagrun.py
+++ b/airflow/models/dagrun.py
@@ -1589,6 +1589,7 @@ def schedule_tis(
                         start_date=timezone.utcnow(),
                         end_date=timezone.utcnow(),
                         duration=0,
+                        try_number=TI.try_number + 1,
                     )
                     .execution_options(
                         synchronize_session=False,
diff --git a/tests/models/test_dagrun.py b/tests/models/test_dagrun.py
index 93e0611243616..021d09e889420 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_dagrun.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_dagrun.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 from airflow.models.taskinstance import TaskInstance, TaskInstanceNote, clear_task_instances
 from airflow.models.taskmap import TaskMap
 from airflow.models.taskreschedule import TaskReschedule
+from airflow.operators.bash import BashOperator
 from airflow.operators.empty import EmptyOperator
 from airflow.operators.python import ShortCircuitOperator
 from airflow.serialization.serialized_objects import SerializedDAG
@@ -2019,6 +2020,29 @@ def execute_complete(self):
     assert ti.state == TaskInstanceState.DEFERRED
 
 
+def test_schedule_tis_empty_operator_try_number(dag_maker, session: Session):
+    """
+    When empty operator is not actually run, then we need to increment the try_number,
+    since ordinarily it's incremented when scheduled, but empty operator is generally not scheduled.
+    """
+
+    with dag_maker(session=session):
+        BashOperator(task_id="real_task", bash_command="echo 1")
+        EmptyOperator(task_id="empty_task")
+
+    dr: DagRun = dag_maker.create_dagrun(session=session)
+    session.commit()
+    tis = dr.task_instances
+    dr.schedule_tis(tis, session=session)
+    session.commit()
+    session.expunge_all()
+    tis = dr.get_task_instances(session=session)
+    real_ti = next(x for x in tis if x.task_id == "real_task")
+    empty_ti = next(x for x in tis if x.task_id == "empty_task")
+    assert real_ti.try_number == 1
+    assert empty_ti.try_number == 1
+
+
 def test_mapped_expand_kwargs(dag_maker):
     with dag_maker():