diff --git a/.buildkite/commtest.yml b/.buildkite/commtest.yml
index 39bf61efd..3bb5da87f 100644
--- a/.buildkite/commtest.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/commtest.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 steps:
   - label: ':docker: Run Commtest'
+    retry:
+      automatic: true
     plugins:
       - docker-compose#v4.14.0:
           run: commtest
           command: ['bash', 'run-tests-ci.sh']
-          retry:
-            automatic: true
           config:
             - services/docker-compose.yml
             - services/docker-compose.tests.yml
           upload-container-logs: always
           build-parallel: true
     agents:
       - 'autoscaling=true'