diff --git a/app/workers/project_export_worker.rb b/app/workers/project_export_worker.rb
index 39f6037e0777ea2cd4c6eb49d2c015a53c97c61f..615311e63f50efaef365bbf8e028b49a669b34ab 100644
--- a/app/workers/project_export_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/project_export_worker.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class ProjectExportWorker
   include Sidekiq::Worker
 
-  sidekiq_options queue: :gitlab_shell, retry: true
+  sidekiq_options queue: :gitlab_shell, retry: 3
 
   def perform(current_user_id, project_id)
     current_user = User.find(current_user_id)