diff --git a/apis/phabricator.py b/apis/phabricator.py
index de38a84..3e329da 100644
--- a/apis/phabricator.py
+++ b/apis/phabricator.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import json
 import platform
 
-from components.utilities import retry
+from components.utilities import retry, RETRY_TIMES
 from components.logging import logEntryExit, LogLevel
 from components.providerbase import BaseProvider, INeedsCommandProvider, INeedsLoggingProvider
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def __init__(self, config):
             self.url = config['url']
 
     @logEntryExit
-    @retry
+    @retry(times=RETRY_TIMES)
     def submit_patches(self, bug_id, has_patches):
         phab_revisions = []
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def submit_to_phabricator(rev_id):
         return phab_revisions
 
     @logEntryExit
-    @retry
+    @retry(times=RETRY_TIMES)
     def set_reviewer(self, phab_revision, phab_username):
         # We have to call a different API endpoint if this is a review group
         if phab_username[0] == "#":
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def set_reviewer(self, phab_revision, phab_username):
             raise Exception("Got an error from phabricator when trying to set reviewers to %s (%s) for %s: %s" % (phab_username, phid, phab_revision, result))
 
     @logEntryExit
-    @retry
+    @retry(times=RETRY_TIMES)
     def abandon(self, phab_revision):
         cmd = "echo " + quote_echo_string("""{"transactions": [{"type":"abandon", "value":true}],"objectIdentifier": "%s"}""" % phab_revision)
         cmd += " | %s call-conduit --conduit-uri=%s differential.revision.edit --""" % (_arc(), self.url)
diff --git a/apis/taskcluster.py b/apis/taskcluster.py
index 70b1035..b024c43 100644
--- a/apis/taskcluster.py
+++ b/apis/taskcluster.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from urllib.parse import quote_plus
 
-from components.utilities import retry, Struct, merge_dictionaries, PUSH_HEALTH_IGNORED_DICTS, PUSH_HEALTH_IGNORED_KEYS
+from components.utilities import retry, RETRY_TIMES, Struct, merge_dictionaries, PUSH_HEALTH_IGNORED_DICTS, PUSH_HEALTH_IGNORED_KEYS
 from components.logging import logEntryExit, logEntryExitNoArgs, LogLevel
 from components.providerbase import BaseProvider, INeedsCommandProvider, INeedsLoggingProvider
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def _vcs_setup(self):
         self._vcs_setup_initialized = True
 
     @logEntryExit
-    @retry
+    @retry(times=RETRY_TIMES)
     def submit_to_try(self, library, platform_filter, recursed=0):
         self._vcs_setup()
         if not platform_filter:
diff --git a/components/utilities.py b/components/utilities.py
index 5eece93..a54f7da 100644
--- a/components/utilities.py
+++ b/components/utilities.py
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ def decorate(func):
 # Retry calling a function `times` times, sleeping between each tries, with an exponential backoff
 # This is to be used on API calls, that are likely to fail
 
-
-def retry(_func=None, *, times=10, sleep_s=1, exp=2):
+RETRY_TIMES=10
+def retry(_func=None, *, times=RETRY_TIMES, sleep_s=1, exp=2):
     def decorator_retry(func):
         @functools.wraps(func)
         def wrapper_retry(*args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/tests/functionality_all_platforms.py b/tests/functionality_all_platforms.py
index 804548c..68a204b 100755
--- a/tests/functionality_all_platforms.py
+++ b/tests/functionality_all_platforms.py
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 sys.path.append(".")
 sys.path.append("..")
+import components.utilities
+components.utilities.RETRY_TIMES = 2
+
 from automation import Updatebot
 
 from components.utilities import Struct, raise_, AssertFalse
diff --git a/tests/functionality_commitalert.py b/tests/functionality_commitalert.py
index cde37b0..ee4ae60 100755
--- a/tests/functionality_commitalert.py
+++ b/tests/functionality_commitalert.py
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 
 sys.path.append(".")
 sys.path.append("..")
+import components.utilities
+components.utilities.RETRY_TIMES = 2
+
 from automation import Updatebot
 
 from components.utilities import Struct, NeverUseMeClass
diff --git a/tests/functionality_two_platforms.py b/tests/functionality_two_platforms.py
index 94cabe7..d68ee0e 100755
--- a/tests/functionality_two_platforms.py
+++ b/tests/functionality_two_platforms.py
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 sys.path.append(".")
 sys.path.append("..")
+import components.utilities
+components.utilities.RETRY_TIMES = 2
+
 from automation import Updatebot
 
 from components.utilities import Struct, raise_, AssertFalse
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@
 from tests.mock_treeherder_server import MockTreeherderServerFactory, TYPE_HEALTH
 from tests.database import transform_db_config_to_tmp_db
 
+
 try:
     from localconfig import localconfig
 except ImportError: