diff --git a/test/EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests/TestUtilities/NpgsqlDbContextOptionsBuilderExtensions.cs b/test/EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests/TestUtilities/NpgsqlDbContextOptionsBuilderExtensions.cs
index 107d33c8c..ce12118bf 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests/TestUtilities/NpgsqlDbContextOptionsBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests/TestUtilities/NpgsqlDbContextOptionsBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ public static NpgsqlDbContextOptionsBuilder ApplyConfiguration(this NpgsqlDbCont
     {
         optionsBuilder.UseQuerySplittingBehavior(QuerySplittingBehavior.SingleQuery);
 
+        optionsBuilder.ExecutionStrategy(d => new TestNpgsqlRetryingExecutionStrategy(d));
+
         optionsBuilder.CommandTimeout(NpgsqlTestStore.CommandTimeout);
 
         return optionsBuilder;