diff --git a/test/registry_tests.py b/test/registry_tests.py
index cc61947d0..25e59b632 100644
--- a/test/registry_tests.py
+++ b/test/registry_tests.py
@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ class ACIConversionTests(RegistryTestCaseMixin, V1RegistryPushMixin, LiveServerT
     # Give time for the signature to be written before continuing. As we don't exactly know when
     # this is (based on CPU conditions when the test is being run), we try a backoff and sleep
     # approach.
-    while counter < 5:
+    while counter < 10:
       response = self.conduct('GET', '/c1/aci/localhost:5000/devtable/newrepo/latest/aci.asc/linux/amd64/', auth='sig', expected_code=None)
       if response.status_code == 202 or response.status_code == 404:
         counter += 1