diff --git a/.github/workflows/js-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/js-ci.yml
index 9753fe779a2..415fcdab895 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/js-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/js-ci.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   MAVEN_ARGS: "-B -nsu -Daether.connector.http.connectionMaxTtl=25"
+  RETRY_COUNT: 3
 
 concurrency:
   # Only cancel jobs for PR updates
diff --git a/js/apps/account-ui/playwright.config.ts b/js/apps/account-ui/playwright.config.ts
index 8580ab472ad..b6d8e2308bb 100644
--- a/js/apps/account-ui/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/js/apps/account-ui/playwright.config.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { defineConfig, devices } from "@playwright/test";
 
 import { getAccountUrl } from "./test/utils";
 
+const retryCount = parseInt(process.env.RETRY_COUNT || "0");
+
 /**
  * See https://playwright.dev/docs/test-configuration.
  */
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   testDir: "./test",
   fullyParallel: true,
   forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
-  retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 0,
+  retries: retryCount,
   workers: 1,
   reporter: process.env.CI ? [["github"], ["html"]] : "list",
   expect: {
diff --git a/js/apps/admin-ui/cypress.config.ts b/js/apps/admin-ui/cypress.config.ts
index 31fd952fe4d..bb8452c28ee 100644
--- a/js/apps/admin-ui/cypress.config.ts
+++ b/js/apps/admin-ui/cypress.config.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import fs from "node:fs";
 import { isAsyncFunction } from "node:util/types";
 
 const isCI = process.env.CI === "true";
+const retryCount = parseInt(process.env.RETRY_COUNT || "0");
 
 export default defineConfig({
   video: isCI,
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   experimentalMemoryManagement: true,
 
   retries: {
-    runMode: 3,
+    runMode: retryCount,
   },
 
   e2e: {