diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3bb4a2cfb..74855b08f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   # test frameworks
   gem 'rails-controller-testing'
   gem 'rspec-rails'
+  gem 'rspec-retry'
   gem 'shoulda-matchers'
   gem 'test-unit'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 1f8a367db..e69868713 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ GEM
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.10)
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.10)
       rspec-support (~> 3.10)
+    rspec-retry (0.6.2)
+      rspec-core (> 3.3)
     rspec-support (3.11.0)
     rszr (0.5.2)
     rubocop (1.26.0)
@@ -673,6 +675,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rchardet (>= 1.8.0)
   redis
   rspec-rails
+  rspec-retry
   rszr (= 0.5.2)
   rubocop
   rubocop-faker
diff --git a/spec/support/capybara/driven_by.rb b/spec/support/capybara/driven_by.rb
index 2e0e379a7..a79122a7b 100644
--- a/spec/support/capybara/driven_by.rb
+++ b/spec/support/capybara/driven_by.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
     # WebMock makes it impossible to have persistent http connections to Selenium,
     #    which may cause overhead and Net::OpenTimeout errors.
     WebMock.disable! if !use_vcr
-    example.run
+    # rspec-retry
+    example.run_with_retry retry: 3, exceptions_to_retry: [Net::OpenTimeout, Net::ReadTimeout]
     WebMock.enable! if !use_vcr
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/rspec_retry.rb b/spec/support/rspec_retry.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9b4662b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/rspec_retry.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2022 Zammad Foundation, https://zammad-foundation.org/
+
+require 'rspec/retry'
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  # show retry status in spec process
+  config.verbose_retry = true
+  # show exception that triggers a retry if verbose_retry is set to true
+  config.display_try_failure_messages = true
+  # The list of exceptions to fail on should be configured in the individual :run_with_retry calls.
+end