diff --git a/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/tests_sh_fetchlimit.py b/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/tests_sh_fetchlimit.py
index 5d036a8cfb..26ea079585 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/tests_sh_fetchlimit.py
+++ b/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/tests_sh_fetchlimit.py
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ pytestmark = pytest.mark.extra_artifacts(
 import isctest.mark
 
 
-@isctest.mark.flaky(max_runs=2)
+@isctest.mark.flaky(max_runs=3)
 def test_fetchlimit(run_tests_sh):
     run_tests_sh()