diff --git a/tests/integration/test_replicated_merge_tree_s3_zero_copy/test.py b/tests/integration/test_replicated_merge_tree_s3_zero_copy/test.py
index 70f49e91d90..df71624063f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_replicated_merge_tree_s3_zero_copy/test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_replicated_merge_tree_s3_zero_copy/test.py
@@ -202,11 +202,12 @@ def test_drop_table(cluster):
         node.query("drop table test_drop_table")
 
         # It should not be possible to create a replica with the same path until the previous one is completely dropped
-        for i in range(0, 100):
+        for i in range(0, 50):
             node.query_and_get_answer_with_error(
                 "create table if not exists test_drop_table (n int) "
                 "engine=ReplicatedMergeTree('/test/drop_table', '1') "
                 "order by n partition by n % 99 settings storage_policy='s3'"
+                "settings keeper_max_retries=3, keeper_retry_max_backoff_ms=500"
             )
             time.sleep(0.2)