diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreBackpressureAndResiliencyIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreBackpressureAndResiliencyIT.java
index 2ba7b50786f52..1a815b5fa1818 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreBackpressureAndResiliencyIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreBackpressureAndResiliencyIT.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static org.opensearch.index.remote.RemoteStorePressureSettings.MIN_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES_LIMIT;
@@ -44,28 +45,23 @@ public class RemoteStoreBackpressureAndResiliencyIT extends AbstractRemoteStoreM
     public void testWritesRejectedDueToConsecutiveFailureBreach() throws Exception {
         // Here the doc size of the request remains same throughout the test. After initial indexing, all remote store interactions
         // fail leading to consecutive failure limit getting exceeded and leading to rejections.
-        validateBackpressure(ByteSizeUnit.KB.toIntBytes(1), 10, ByteSizeUnit.KB.toIntBytes(1), 15, "failure_streak_count");
+        validateBackpressure(ByteSizeUnit.KB.toIntBytes(1), 10, ByteSizeUnit.KB.toIntBytes(1), "failure_streak_count");
     }
 
     public void testWritesRejectedDueToBytesLagBreach() throws Exception {
         // Initially indexing happens with doc size of 2 bytes, then all remote store interactions start failing. Now, the
         // indexing happens with doc size of 1KB leading to bytes lag limit getting exceeded and leading to rejections.
-        validateBackpressure(ByteSizeUnit.BYTES.toIntBytes(2), 30, ByteSizeUnit.KB.toIntBytes(1), 15, "bytes_lag");
+        validateBackpressure(ByteSizeUnit.BYTES.toIntBytes(2), 30, ByteSizeUnit.KB.toIntBytes(1), "bytes_lag");
     }
 
     public void testWritesRejectedDueToTimeLagBreach() throws Exception {
         // Initially indexing happens with doc size of 1KB, then all remote store interactions start failing. Now, the
         // indexing happens with doc size of 1 byte leading to time lag limit getting exceeded and leading to rejections.
-        validateBackpressure(ByteSizeUnit.KB.toIntBytes(1), 20, ByteSizeUnit.BYTES.toIntBytes(1), 3, "time_lag");
+        validateBackpressure(ByteSizeUnit.KB.toIntBytes(1), 20, ByteSizeUnit.BYTES.toIntBytes(1), "time_lag");
     }
 
-    private void validateBackpressure(
-        int initialDocSize,
-        int initialDocsToIndex,
-        int onFailureDocSize,
-        int onFailureDocsToIndex,
-        String breachMode
-    ) throws Exception {
+    private void validateBackpressure(int initialDocSize, int initialDocsToIndex, int onFailureDocSize, String breachMode)
+        throws Exception {
         Path location = randomRepoPath().toAbsolutePath();
         String dataNodeName = setup(location, 0d, "metadata", Long.MAX_VALUE);
 
@@ -92,10 +88,17 @@ private void validateBackpressure(
 
         jsonString = generateString(onFailureDocSize);
         BytesReference onFailureSource = new BytesArray(jsonString);
-        OpenSearchRejectedExecutionException ex = assertThrows(
-            OpenSearchRejectedExecutionException.class,
-            () -> indexDocAndRefresh(onFailureSource, onFailureDocsToIndex)
-        );
+        AtomicReference<OpenSearchRejectedExecutionException> exRef = new AtomicReference<>();
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            try {
+                indexDocAndRefresh(onFailureSource, 1);
+            } catch (OpenSearchRejectedExecutionException e) {
+                exRef.set(e);
+                return;
+            }
+            fail("Expected OpenSearchRejectedExecutionException to be thrown");
+        }, 30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        OpenSearchRejectedExecutionException ex = exRef.get();
         assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("rejected execution on primary shard"));
         assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains(breachMode));