diff --git a/src/test/unit_tests/jest_tests/test_versioning_concurrency.test.js b/src/test/unit_tests/jest_tests/test_versioning_concurrency.test.js
index 9d16de89cc..187d6a4e8d 100644
--- a/src/test/unit_tests/jest_tests/test_versioning_concurrency.test.js
+++ b/src/test/unit_tests/jest_tests/test_versioning_concurrency.test.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const path = require('path');
+const config = require('../../../../config');
 const P = require('../../../util/promise');
 const fs_utils = require('../../../util/fs_utils');
 const NamespaceFS = require('../../../sdk/namespace_fs');
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ const nsfs = new NamespaceFS({
 
 const DUMMY_OBJECT_SDK = make_dummy_object_sdk(true);
 describe('test versioning concurrency', () => {
+    const prior_value_of_nsfs_rename_retries = config.NSFS_RENAME_RETRIES;
 
     beforeEach(async () => {
         await fs_utils.create_fresh_path(tmp_fs_path);
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ describe('test versioning concurrency', () => {
 
     afterEach(async () => {
         await fs_utils.folder_delete(tmp_fs_path);
+        config.NSFS_RENAME_RETRIES = prior_value_of_nsfs_rename_retries;
     });
 
     it('multiple puts of the same key', async () => {
@@ -159,7 +162,8 @@ describe('test versioning concurrency', () => {
         const successful_head_operations = [];
         const failed_put_operations = [];
         const failed_head_operations = [];
-        const number_of_iterations = 5; // by changing it to 10 it sometimes fails
+        const number_of_iterations = 10;
+        config.NSFS_RENAME_RETRIES = 40;
         for (let i = 0; i < number_of_iterations; i++) {
             const random_data = Buffer.from(String(i));
             const body = buffer_utils.buffer_to_read_stream(random_data);