diff --git a/packages/kbn-ftr-common-functional-services/services/retry/retry.ts b/packages/kbn-ftr-common-functional-services/services/retry/retry.ts
index b0ea9ab97fba..383e37511ef8 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-ftr-common-functional-services/services/retry/retry.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-ftr-common-functional-services/services/retry/retry.ts
@@ -17,24 +17,25 @@ export class RetryService extends FtrService {
   public async tryForTime<T>(
     timeout: number,
     block: () => Promise<T>,
-    onFailureBlock?: () => Promise<T>
+    onFailureBlock?: () => Promise<T>,
+    retryDelay?: number
   ) {
     return await retryForSuccess(this.log, {
       timeout,
       methodName: 'retry.tryForTime',
       block,
       onFailureBlock,
+      retryDelay,
     });
   }
 
   public async try<T>(
     block: () => Promise<T>,
     onFailureBlock?: () => Promise<T>,
-    retryDelay?: number,
-    timeout?: number
+    retryDelay?: number
   ) {
     return await retryForSuccess(this.log, {
-      timeout: timeout ?? this.config.get('timeouts.try'),
+      timeout: this.config.get('timeouts.try'),
       methodName: 'retry.try',
       block,
       onFailureBlock,
diff --git a/x-pack/test/security_solution_api_integration/test_suites/detections_response/utils/retry.ts b/x-pack/test/security_solution_api_integration/test_suites/detections_response/utils/retry.ts
index b545519b7df3..cbe31ead0034 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/security_solution_api_integration/test_suites/detections_response/utils/retry.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/security_solution_api_integration/test_suites/detections_response/utils/retry.ts
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ export const retry = async <T>({
   test: () => Promise<T>;
   retryService: RetryService;
   retries: number;
-  timeout?: number;
+  timeout: number;
 }): Promise<T | Error> => {
   let retryAttempt = 0;
-  const response = await retryService.try(
+  const response = await retryService.tryForTime(
+    timeout,
     async () => {
       if (retryAttempt > retries) {
         // Log error message if we reached the maximum number of retries
@@ -35,8 +36,7 @@ export const retry = async <T>({
       return test();
     },
     undefined,
-    200,
-    timeout
+    200
   );
 
   // Now throw the error in order to fail the test.