diff --git a/tempest/templates/job-run-tests.yaml b/tempest/templates/job-run-tests.yaml
index f2ed054d7a..b63dd1c1d6 100644
--- a/tempest/templates/job-run-tests.yaml
+++ b/tempest/templates/job-run-tests.yaml
@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     {{ tuple $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.release_uuid" }}
 spec:
+  backoffLimit: {{ .Values.jobs.run_tests.backoffLimit }}
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
 {{ tuple $envAll "tempest" "run-tests" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_metadata_labels" | indent 8 }}
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
-      restartPolicy: OnFailure
+      restartPolicy: {{ .Values.jobs.run_tests.restartPolicy }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{ .Values.labels.job.node_selector_key }}: {{ .Values.labels.job.node_selector_value }}
       initContainers:
diff --git a/tempest/values.yaml b/tempest/values.yaml
index fba3b83d80..fdaa27a060 100644
--- a/tempest/values.yaml
+++ b/tempest/values.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ images:
       - dep_check
       - image_repo_sync
 
+jobs:
+  run_tests:
+    backoffLimit: 6
+    restartPolicy: OnFailure
+
 pod:
   user:
     tempest: