diff --git a/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.1.6/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/couchbase/v3_1_6/CouchbaseClient316Test.java b/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.1.6/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/couchbase/v3_1_6/CouchbaseClient316Test.java
index 59a0a49f0f85..c12a97875d12 100644
--- a/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.1.6/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/couchbase/v3_1_6/CouchbaseClient316Test.java
+++ b/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.1.6/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/couchbase/v3_1_6/CouchbaseClient316Test.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ static void setup() {
             .withEnabledServices(CouchbaseService.KV)
             .withBucket(new BucketDefinition("test"))
             .withLogConsumer(new Slf4jLogConsumer(logger))
+            .withStartupAttempts(5)
             .withStartupTimeout(Duration.ofMinutes(2));
     couchbase.start();
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.1/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/couchbase/v3_1/CouchbaseClient31Test.java b/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.1/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/couchbase/v3_1/CouchbaseClient31Test.java
index b74fb2927ca9..d853cffcf031 100644
--- a/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.1/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/couchbase/v3_1/CouchbaseClient31Test.java
+++ b/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.1/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/couchbase/v3_1/CouchbaseClient31Test.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ static void setup() {
             .withEnabledServices(CouchbaseService.KV)
             .withBucket(new BucketDefinition("test"))
             .withLogConsumer(new Slf4jLogConsumer(logger))
+            .withStartupAttempts(5)
             .withStartupTimeout(Duration.ofMinutes(2));
     couchbase.start();