diff --git a/logos_delivery/waku/rln/group_manager/on_chain/group_manager.nim b/logos_delivery/waku/rln/group_manager/on_chain/group_manager.nim
index a912306a5..319aff1eb 100644
--- a/logos_delivery/waku/rln/group_manager/on_chain/group_manager.nim
+++ b/logos_delivery/waku/rln/group_manager/on_chain/group_manager.nim
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ type
     proofPathRefreshInFlightFut*: Future[seq[byte]]
     lastRootsRefreshMoment*: Moment
     rootsRefreshInFlightFut*: Future[void]
+    # Pacing for retried on-chain transaction calls; a zero value is replaced
+    # with the RetryStrategy defaults during init.
+    retryStrategy*: RetryStrategy
 
 # The below code is not working with the latest web3 version due to chainId being null (specifically on linea-sepolia)
 # TODO: find better solution than this custom sendEthCallWithoutParams call
@@ -358,7 +361,7 @@ method register*(
 
   let gasPrice = (
     await retryWrapper(
-      RetryStrategy.new(),
+      g.retryStrategy,
       "Failed to get gas price",
       proc(): Future[int] {.async.} =
         let fetchedGasPrice = uint64(await ethRpc.provider.eth_gasPrice())
@@ -383,7 +386,7 @@ method register*(
     idCommitmentsToErase = idCommitmentsToErase
   let txHash = (
     await retryWrapper(
-      RetryStrategy.new(),
+      g.retryStrategy,
       "Failed to register the member",
       proc(): Future[TxHash] {.async.} =
         return await wakuRlnContract
@@ -396,7 +399,7 @@ method register*(
   # wait for the transaction to be mined and get the receipt
   let tsReceipt = (
     await retryWrapper(
-      RetryStrategy.new(),
+      g.retryStrategy,
       "Failed to get the transaction receipt",
       proc(): Future[ReceiptObject] {.async.} =
         let r = await ethRpc.provider.eth_getTransactionReceipt(txHash)
@@ -610,6 +613,9 @@ proc establishConnection(
   return ok(ethRpc)
 
 method init*(g: OnchainGroupManager): Future[GroupManagerResult[void]] {.async.} =
+  if g.retryStrategy.retryCount == 0:
+    g.retryStrategy = RetryStrategy.new()
+
   # check if the Ethereum client is reachable
   let ethRpc: Web3 = (await establishConnection(g)).valueOr:
     return err("failed to connect to Ethereum clients: " & $error)
diff --git a/tests/waku_rln_relay/utils_onchain.nim b/tests/waku_rln_relay/utils_onchain.nim
index ffbbf90a2..121de43bc 100644
--- a/tests/waku_rln_relay/utils_onchain.nim
+++ b/tests/waku_rln_relay/utils_onchain.nim
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@ import
   results
 
 import
-  logos_delivery/waku/[rln, rln/protocol_types, rln/constants, rln/bindings],
+  logos_delivery/waku/[
+    rln,
+    rln/protocol_types,
+    rln/constants,
+    rln/bindings,
+    rln/group_manager/on_chain/retry_wrapper,
+  ],
   ../testlib/common
 
 const CHAIN_ID* = 1234'u256
@@ -40,6 +46,10 @@ const WAKU_RLNV2_PROXY_ADDRESS* = "0x5fc8d32690cc91d4c39d9d3abcbd16989f875707"
 const FUNDED_TEST_PRIVATE_KEY* =
   "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111"
 
+# Anvil mines instantly, so the multi-second production retry delay only adds
+# dead time when polling for transaction receipts.
+const FastRetryStrategy = RetryStrategy(retryDelay: 100.millis, retryCount: 15)
+
 proc generateCredentials*(): IdentityCredential =
   let credRes = membershipKeyGen()
   return credRes.get()
@@ -672,6 +682,7 @@ proc buildOnchainGroupManager*(
     chainId: CHAIN_ID,
     ethPrivateKey: some(privateKey),
     rlnInstance: rlnInstanceRes.get(),
+    retryStrategy: FastRetryStrategy,
     onFatalErrorAction: proc(errStr: string) =
       raiseAssert errStr
     ,
@@ -764,6 +775,7 @@ proc setupOnchainGroupManager*(
     chainId: CHAIN_ID,
     ethPrivateKey: some($privateKey),
     rlnInstance: rlnInstance,
+    retryStrategy: FastRetryStrategy,
     onFatalErrorAction: proc(errStr: string) =
       raiseAssert errStr
     ,