diff --git a/test/windows/runner.sh b/test/windows/runner.sh
index 6f17d95da..83028575c 100755
--- a/test/windows/runner.sh
+++ b/test/windows/runner.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function retry_anyway() {
 }
 
 function retry_on_permission_error() {
-  retry_on_error 12 5 "Permission denied" "$@"
+  retry_on_error 36 5 "Permission denied" "$@"
 }
 
 function retry_on_error() {