diff --git a/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_connect/bytes_up_down_test.go b/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_connect/bytes_up_down_test.go
index 8b6e687281..67ec388a61 100644
--- a/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_connect/bytes_up_down_test.go
+++ b/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_connect/bytes_up_down_test.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestCliBytesUpDownTransferData(t *testing.T) {
 				"-o", "IdentitiesOnly=yes", // forces the use of the provided key
 				"-p", "{{boundary.port}}", // this is provided by boundary
 				"{{boundary.ip}}",
-				"for i in {1..30}; do pwd; sleep 1s; done",
+				"for i in {1..120}; do pwd; sleep 1s; done",
 			),
 		)
 	}()
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestCliBytesUpDownTransferData(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Logf("bytes_up: %d, bytes_down: %d", bytesUp, bytesDown)
 			return nil
 		},
-		backoff.WithMaxRetries(backoff.NewConstantBackOff(3*time.Second), 5),
+		backoff.WithMaxRetries(backoff.NewConstantBackOff(3*time.Second), 20),
 		func(err error, td time.Duration) {
 			t.Logf("%s. Retrying...", err.Error())
 		},
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func TestCliBytesUpDownTransferData(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Logf("bytes_up: %d, bytes_down: %d", newBytesUp, newBytesDown)
 			return nil
 		},
-		backoff.WithMaxRetries(backoff.NewConstantBackOff(3*time.Second), 6),
+		backoff.WithMaxRetries(backoff.NewConstantBackOff(3*time.Second), 20),
 		func(err error, td time.Duration) {
 			t.Logf("%s. Retrying...", err.Error())
 		},