diff --git a/anthropic-java-core/src/test/kotlin/com/anthropic/core/http/RetryingHttpClientTest.kt b/anthropic-java-core/src/test/kotlin/com/anthropic/core/http/RetryingHttpClientTest.kt
index feb75c9..e760e7e 100644
--- a/anthropic-java-core/src/test/kotlin/com/anthropic/core/http/RetryingHttpClientTest.kt
+++ b/anthropic-java-core/src/test/kotlin/com/anthropic/core/http/RetryingHttpClientTest.kt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ internal class RetryingHttpClientTest {
         val retryingClient =
             RetryingHttpClient.builder()
                 .httpClient(httpClient)
+                .maxRetries(2)
                 .idempotencyHeader("X-Some-Header")
                 .build()
         val response = retryingClient.execute(request)