diff --git a/scripts/runner.node.mjs b/scripts/runner.node.mjs
index b37bc9f2d4..5bbb933697 100755
--- a/scripts/runner.node.mjs
+++ b/scripts/runner.node.mjs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ const { values: options, positionals: filters } = parseArgs({
     },
     ["retries"]: {
       type: "string",
-      default: isCI ? "3" : "0", // N retries = N+1 attempts
+      default: isCI ? "1" : "0", // N retries = N+1 attempts
     },
     ["junit"]: {
       type: "boolean",