diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/transform/server/routes/api/transforms.ts b/x-pack/plugins/transform/server/routes/api/transforms.ts
index 7c4df878456bae..580f0f54aabf7f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/transform/server/routes/api/transforms.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/transform/server/routes/api/transforms.ts
@@ -155,10 +155,13 @@ export function registerTransformsRoutes(routeDependencies: RouteDependencies) {
       async (ctx, req, res) => {
         try {
           const esClient = (await ctx.core).elasticsearch.client;
-          const body = await esClient.asCurrentUser.transform.getTransformStats({
-            size: 1000,
-            transform_id: '_all',
-          });
+          const body = await esClient.asCurrentUser.transform.getTransformStats(
+            {
+              size: 1000,
+              transform_id: '_all',
+            },
+            { maxRetries: 0 }
+          );
           return res.ok({ body });
         } catch (e) {
           return res.customError(wrapError(wrapEsError(e)));
@@ -185,9 +188,12 @@ export function registerTransformsRoutes(routeDependencies: RouteDependencies) {
       const { transformId } = req.params;
       try {
         const esClient = (await ctx.core).elasticsearch.client;
-        const body = await esClient.asCurrentUser.transform.getTransformStats({
-          transform_id: transformId,
-        });
+        const body = await esClient.asCurrentUser.transform.getTransformStats(
+          {
+            transform_id: transformId,
+          },
+          { maxRetries: 0 }
+        );
         return res.ok({ body });
       } catch (e) {
         return res.customError(wrapError(wrapEsError(e)));
@@ -452,7 +458,7 @@ export function registerTransformsRoutes(routeDependencies: RouteDependencies) {
     license.guardApiRoute(async (ctx, req, res) => {
       try {
         const esClient = (await ctx.core).elasticsearch.client;
-        const body = await esClient.asCurrentUser.search(req.body);
+        const body = await esClient.asCurrentUser.search(req.body, { maxRetries: 0 });
         return res.ok({ body });
       } catch (e) {
         return res.customError(wrapError(wrapEsError(e)));
@@ -643,16 +649,22 @@ const previewTransformHandler: RequestHandler<
   try {
     const reqBody = req.body;
     const esClient = (await ctx.core).elasticsearch.client;
-    const body = await esClient.asCurrentUser.transform.previewTransform({
-      body: reqBody,
-    });
+    const body = await esClient.asCurrentUser.transform.previewTransform(
+      {
+        body: reqBody,
+      },
+      { maxRetries: 0 }
+    );
     if (isLatestTransform(reqBody)) {
       // for the latest transform mappings properties have to be retrieved from the source
-      const fieldCapsResponse = await esClient.asCurrentUser.fieldCaps({
-        index: reqBody.source.index,
-        fields: '*',
-        include_unmapped: false,
-      });
+      const fieldCapsResponse = await esClient.asCurrentUser.fieldCaps(
+        {
+          index: reqBody.source.index,
+          fields: '*',
+          include_unmapped: false,
+        },
+        { maxRetries: 0 }
+      );
 
       const fieldNamesSet = new Set(Object.keys(fieldCapsResponse.fields));