diff --git a/.config/nextest.toml b/.config/nextest.toml
index c911f7bd63..0ce98178f8 100644
--- a/.config/nextest.toml
+++ b/.config/nextest.toml
@@ -20,3 +20,11 @@ test(=header_link_failure_concurrent)
 """
 threads-required = 'num-cpus'
 slow-timeout = { period = "60s", terminate-after = 6 }
+
+# Run the following tests with all cpus available and 4 attempts
+[[profile.default.overrides]]
+filter = """
+test(=downsampling_by_keyexpr)
+"""
+threads-required = 6
+retries = 4