diff --git a/scripts/gha/integration_testing/ftl_gha_validator.py b/scripts/gha/integration_testing/ftl_gha_validator.py
index 4350738245..58119d2315 100644
--- a/scripts/gha/integration_testing/ftl_gha_validator.py
+++ b/scripts/gha/integration_testing/ftl_gha_validator.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def _get_testapp_log_text_from_gcs(gcs_path):
     logging.error("Unexpected error reading GCS log:\n%s", e)
     return None
 
-@retry(subprocess.CalledProcessError, tries=3, delay=10)
+@retry(subprocess.CalledProcessError, tries=10, delay=5, backoff=1.5)
 def _gcs_list_dir(gcs_path):
   """Recursively returns a list of contents for a directory on GCS."""
   args = [GSUTIL, "ls", "-r", gcs_path]
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def _gcs_list_dir(gcs_path):
   return result.stdout.splitlines()
 
 
-@retry(subprocess.CalledProcessError, tries=3, delay=10)
+@retry(subprocess.CalledProcessError, tries=10, delay=5, backoff=1.5)
 def _gcs_read_file(gcs_path):
   """Extracts the contents of a file on GCS."""
   args = [GSUTIL, "cat", gcs_path]