diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 8eb7bdd..30b9997 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           --health-cmd pg_isready
           --health-interval 10s
           --health-timeout 5s
-          --health-retries 30
+          --health-retries 5
         ports:
           - 5432
     steps: