diff --git a/nixos/tests/octoprint.nix b/nixos/tests/octoprint.nix
index 805b7c764b61..45299c045b95 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/octoprint.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/octoprint.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ in
 
     # octoprint takes some time to start. This makes sure we'll retry just in case it takes longer
     # retry-all-errors in necessary, since octoprint will report a 404 error when not yet ready
-    curl_cmd = "curl --retry-all-errors --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 --retry 5 --retry-delay 0 \
+    curl_cmd = "curl --retry-all-errors --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 \
                 --retry-max-time 40 -X GET --header 'X-API-Key: ${apikey}' "
 
     # used to fail early, in case octoprint first starts and then crashes