diff --git a/cypress/integration/common/report.js b/cypress/integration/common/report.js
index 78abf5378..fb4eb4794 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/common/report.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/common/report.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { Given, When, Then } from 'cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/steps'
+// intermittent failing tests
+Cypress.env('RETRIES', 2)
 
 /* global cy  */
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 703997ee1..56bed0c01 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "cross-env": "^5.2.0",
     "cypress": "^3.2.0",
     "cypress-cucumber-preprocessor": "^1.11.0",
+    "cypress-plugin-retries": "^1.2.0",
     "dotenv": "^7.0.0",
     "faker": "^4.1.0",
     "graphql-request": "^1.8.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1d7745f03..ba9e54364 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1787,6 +1787,11 @@ cypress-cucumber-preprocessor@^1.11.0:
     glob "^7.1.2"
     through "^2.3.8"
 
+cypress-plugin-retries@^1.2.0:
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress-plugin-retries/-/cypress-plugin-retries-1.2.0.tgz#a4e120c1bc417d1be525632e7d38e52a87bc0578"
+  integrity sha512-seQFI/0j5WCqX7IVN2k0tbd3FLdhbPuSCWdDtdzDmU9oJfUkRUlluV47TYD+qQ/l+fJYkQkpw8csLg8/LohfRg==
+
 cypress@^3.2.0:
   version "3.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress/-/cypress-3.2.0.tgz#c2d5befd5077dab6fb52ad70721e0868ac057001"