diff --git a/.github/workflows/interop-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/interop-tests.yml
index 3a2e284ae7..bd2093c61e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/interop-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/interop-tests.yml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ jobs:
     - run: BROWSER=${{matrix.browserA}} BVER=${{matrix.bver}} ./node_modules/travis-multirunner/setup.sh
     - run: BROWSER=${{matrix.browserB}} BVER=${{matrix.bver}} ./node_modules/travis-multirunner/setup.sh
     - run: Xvfb :99 &
-    - run: BROWSER_A=${{matrix.browserA}} BROWSER_B=${{matrix.browserB}} BVER=${{matrix.bver}} DISPLAY=:99.0 node_modules/.bin/mocha test/interop/connection.js
+    - run: BROWSER_A=${{matrix.browserA}} BROWSER_B=${{matrix.browserB}} BVER=${{matrix.bver}} DISPLAY=:99.0 node_modules/.bin/mocha --retries=3 test/interop/connection.js
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 42c10c76e1..74bd598e46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ jobs:
     - run: npm install
     - run: BROWSER=${{matrix.browser}} BVER=${{matrix.version}} ./node_modules/travis-multirunner/setup.sh
     - run: Xvfb :99 &
-    - run: BROWSER=${{matrix.browser}} BVER=${{matrix.version}} DISPLAY=:99.0 npm run mocha --retries=3
+    - run: BROWSER=${{matrix.browser}} BVER=${{matrix.version}} DISPLAY=:99.0 npm run mocha -- --retries=3
diff --git a/test/interop/connection.js b/test/interop/connection.js
index 9b8d0231a6..83cb89b61b 100644
--- a/test/interop/connection.js
+++ b/test/interop/connection.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ const browserA = process.env.BROWSER_A || 'chrome';
 const browserB = process.env.BROWSER_B || 'chrome';
 
 describe(`basic interop test ${browserA} => ${browserB}`, function() {
-    this.retries(3); // retry up to three times.
     let drivers;
     let clients;
     before(async () => {