diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 34dba9f3..3ab2be95 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ docker
 plumbum
 pre-commit
 pytest
+pytest-retry
 # `pytest-xdist` is a plugin that provides the `--numprocesses` flag,
 # allowing us to run `pytest` tests in parallel
 pytest-xdist
diff --git a/tests/all-spark-notebook/test_spark_notebooks.py b/tests/all-spark-notebook/test_spark_notebooks.py
index 0d1537ae..4b2559e7 100644
--- a/tests/all-spark-notebook/test_spark_notebooks.py
+++ b/tests/all-spark-notebook/test_spark_notebooks.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 THIS_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.flaky(retries=3, delay=1)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "test_file",
     ["issue_1168", "local_pyspark", "local_sparklyr", "local_sparkR"],