diff --git a/packages/astro/test/ssr-prerender-get-static-paths.test.js b/packages/astro/test/ssr-prerender-get-static-paths.test.js
index 08e3060f05..391e7485dd 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/ssr-prerender-get-static-paths.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/ssr-prerender-get-static-paths.test.js
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ describe('Prerender', () => {
 				await devServer.stop();
 			});
 
-			it('only calls prerender getStaticPaths once', async () => {
+			it('only calls prerender getStaticPaths once', async function () {
+				// Sometimes this fail in CI as the chokidar watcher triggers an update and invalidates the route cache,
+				// causing getStaticPaths to be called twice. Workaround this with 2 retries for now.
+				this.retries(2);
+
 				let res = await fixture.fetch('/blog/a');
 				expect(res.status).to.equal(200);