diff --git a/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/javaagent/src/test/groovy/OkHttp3Test.groovy b/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/javaagent/src/test/groovy/OkHttp3Test.groovy
index f691e90b45..77a56c8ffd 100644
--- a/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/javaagent/src/test/groovy/OkHttp3Test.groovy
+++ b/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/javaagent/src/test/groovy/OkHttp3Test.groovy
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class OkHttp3Test extends HttpClientTest {
 
   def client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
     .connectTimeout(CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+    .retryOnConnectionFailure(false)
     .build()
 
   @Override