diff --git a/test/smoke/src/areas/terminal/terminal.test.ts b/test/smoke/src/areas/terminal/terminal.test.ts
index 7813375a72b..64c078a1e45 100644
--- a/test/smoke/src/areas/terminal/terminal.test.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/src/areas/terminal/terminal.test.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@ import { setup as setupTerminalProfileTests } from './terminal-profiles.test';
 import { setup as setupTerminalTabsTests } from './terminal-tabs.test';
 
 export function setup(opts: minimist.ParsedArgs) {
-	describe('Terminal', () => {
+	describe('Terminal', function () {
 		// TODO: Enable terminal tests for non-web when the desktop driver is moved to playwright
 		if (!opts.web) {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		// Retry tests 3 times to minimize build failures due to any flakiness
+		this.retries(3);
+
 		beforeSuite(opts);
 		afterSuite(opts);