diff --git a/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-wanfed-gw/primary/verify.bats b/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-wanfed-gw/primary/verify.bats
index 3c9d899985..5be23d04c0 100644
--- a/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-wanfed-gw/primary/verify.bats
+++ b/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-wanfed-gw/primary/verify.bats
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ load helpers
 }
 
 @test "primary should be able to rpc to the secondary" {
-  retry_default curl -sL -f -XPUT localhost:8500/v1/kv/foo?dc=secondary -d'{"Value":"bar"}'
+  retry_long curl -sL -f -XPUT localhost:8500/v1/kv/foo?dc=secondary -d'{"Value":"bar"}'
 }
 
 @test "wan pool should show 2 healthy nodes" {