diff --git a/tests/common.py b/tests/common.py
index d92347b..6a30287 100644
--- a/tests/common.py
+++ b/tests/common.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ def sync_client() -> Client:
     return Client(
         token=get_env_var("TEST_TOKEN"),
         host=get_env_var("TEST_API_URL"),
-        # This will retry after [0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0] seconds
-        total_retries=5,
+        # This will retry after [0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0] seconds
+        total_retries=int(os.environ.get("TEST_API_RETRIES", "5")),
     )
 
 
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ async def async_client() -> AsyncIterable[AsyncClient]:
     async with AsyncClient(
         token=get_env_var("TEST_TOKEN"),
         host=get_env_var("TEST_API_URL"),
-        # This will retry after [0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0] seconds
-        total_retries=5,
+        # This will retry after [0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0] seconds
+        total_retries=int(os.environ.get("TEST_API_RETRIES", "5")),
     ) as client:
         yield client