diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 6b641b8a3..4cb2528a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -337,12 +337,18 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           for thing in ${{ env.ENV_POLLUTING_TESTS_COMMON }} ${{ env.ENV_POLLUTING_TESTS_LINUX }}; do
-            set +e
-            target/release/rustpython -m test -j 1 --slowest --fail-env-changed --timeout 600 -v ${thing}
-            exit_code=$?
-            set -e
+            for i in $(seq 1 10); do
+              set +e
+              target/release/rustpython -m test -j 1 --slowest --fail-env-changed --timeout 600 -v ${thing}
+              exit_code=$?
+              set -e
+              if [ ${exit_code} -eq 3 ]; then
+                echo "Test ${thing} polluted the environment on attempt ${i}."
+                break
+              fi
+            done
             if [ ${exit_code} -ne 3 ]; then
-              echo "Test ${thing} is no longer polluting the environment!"
+              echo "Test ${thing} is no longer polluting the environment after ${i} attempts!"
               exit 1
             fi
           done
@@ -352,12 +358,18 @@ jobs:
         name: run cpython tests to check if env polluters have stopped polluting (Common/macOS)
         run: |
           for thing in ${{ env.ENV_POLLUTING_TESTS_COMMON }} ${{ env.ENV_POLLUTING_TESTS_MACOS }}; do
-            set +e
-            target/release/rustpython -m test -j 1 --slowest --fail-env-changed --timeout 600 -v ${thing}
-            exit_code=$?
-            set -e
+            for i in $(seq 1 10); do
+              set +e
+              target/release/rustpython -m test -j 1 --slowest --fail-env-changed --timeout 600 -v ${thing}
+              exit_code=$?
+              set -e
+              if [ ${exit_code} -eq 3 ]; then
+                echo "Test ${thing} polluted the environment on attempt ${i}."
+                break
+              fi
+            done
             if [ ${exit_code} -ne 3 ]; then
-              echo "Test ${thing} is no longer polluting the environment!"
+              echo "Test ${thing} is no longer polluting the environment after ${i} attempts!"
               exit 1
             fi
           done
@@ -368,12 +380,18 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           for thing in ${{ env.ENV_POLLUTING_TESTS_COMMON }} ${{ env.ENV_POLLUTING_TESTS_WINDOWS }}; do
-            set +e
-            target/release/rustpython -m test -j 1 --slowest --fail-env-changed --timeout 600 -v ${thing}
-            exit_code=$?
-            set -e
+            for i in $(seq 1 10); do
+              set +e
+              target/release/rustpython -m test -j 1 --slowest --fail-env-changed --timeout 600 -v ${thing}
+              exit_code=$?
+              set -e
+              if [ ${exit_code} -eq 3 ]; then
+                echo "Test ${thing} polluted the environment on attempt ${i}."
+                break
+              fi
+            done
             if [ ${exit_code} -ne 3 ]; then
-              echo "Test ${thing} is no longer polluting the environment!"
+              echo "Test ${thing} is no longer polluting the environment after ${i} attempts!"
               exit 1
             fi
           done