diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/azure/AzureBlobContainerRetriesTests.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/azure/AzureBlobContainerRetriesTests.java
index d4f815b905020..a5d549a178366 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/azure/AzureBlobContainerRetriesTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/azure/AzureBlobContainerRetriesTests.java
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ RequestRetryOptions createRetryPolicy(final AzureStorageSettings azureStorageSet
                 return new RequestRetryOptions(
                     RetryPolicyType.EXPONENTIAL,
                     azureStorageSettings.getMaxRetries(),
-                    1,
+                    5,
                     10L,
                     100L,
                     secondaryHost