diff --git a/scripts/py_matter_yamltests/matter_yamltests/websocket_runner.py b/scripts/py_matter_yamltests/matter_yamltests/websocket_runner.py
index c63554ecf064b0..34b1ba17e68734 100644
--- a/scripts/py_matter_yamltests/matter_yamltests/websocket_runner.py
+++ b/scripts/py_matter_yamltests/matter_yamltests/websocket_runner.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ async def execute(self, request):
             return await instance.recv()
         return None
 
-    async def _start_client(self, url, max_retries=4, interval_between_retries=1):
+    async def _start_client(self, url, max_retries=5, interval_between_retries=1):
         if max_retries:
             start = time.time()
             try: