diff --git a/regress/forward-control.sh b/regress/forward-control.sh
index 3b1f69a71..02f7667a6 100644
--- a/regress/forward-control.sh
+++ b/regress/forward-control.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: forward-control.sh,v 1.7 2018/06/07 14:29:43 djm Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: forward-control.sh,v 1.8 2021/05/07 09:23:40 dtucker Exp $
 #	Placed in the Public Domain.
 
 tid="sshd control of local and remote forwarding"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ check_lfwd() {
 	wait_for_file_to_appear $READY || \
 		fatal "check_lfwd ssh fail: $_message"
 	${SSH} -F $OBJ/ssh_config -p $LFWD_PORT \
-	    -oConnectionAttempts=4 host true >/dev/null 2>&1
+	    -oConnectionAttempts=10 host true >/dev/null 2>&1
 	_result=$?
 	kill $_sshpid `cat $READY` 2>/dev/null
 	wait_for_process_to_exit $_sshpid
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ check_rfwd() {
 	_result=$?
 	if test $_result -eq 0 ; then
 		${SSH} -F $OBJ/ssh_config -p $RFWD_PORT \
-		    -oConnectionAttempts=4 host true >/dev/null 2>&1
+		    -oConnectionAttempts=10 host true >/dev/null 2>&1
 		_result=$?
 		kill $_sshpid `cat $READY` 2>/dev/null
 		wait_for_process_to_exit $_sshpid
diff --git a/regress/forwarding.sh b/regress/forwarding.sh
index cd634f2f6..a72bd3a05 100644
--- a/regress/forwarding.sh
+++ b/regress/forwarding.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: forwarding.sh,v 1.23 2019/07/20 09:50:58 dtucker Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: forwarding.sh,v 1.24 2021/05/07 09:23:40 dtucker Exp $
 #	Placed in the Public Domain.
 
 tid="local and remote forwarding"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rm -f $CTL
 ${SSH} -S $CTL -N -M -F $OBJ/ssh_config -f $fwd somehost
 
 trace "transfer over forwarded channels and check result"
-${SSH} -F $OBJ/ssh_config -p$last -o 'ConnectionAttempts=4' \
+${SSH} -F $OBJ/ssh_config -p$last -o 'ConnectionAttempts=10' \
 	somehost cat ${DATA} > ${COPY}
 test -s ${COPY}		|| fail "failed copy of ${DATA}"
 cmp ${DATA} ${COPY}	|| fail "corrupted copy of ${DATA}"
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ rm -f $CTL
 ${SSH} -S $CTL -N -M -F $OBJ/ssh_config -f somehost
 
 trace "config file: transfer over forwarded channels and check result"
-${SSH} -F $OBJ/ssh_config -p${base}02 -o 'ConnectionAttempts=4' \
+${SSH} -F $OBJ/ssh_config -p${base}02 -o 'ConnectionAttempts=10' \
 	somehost cat ${DATA} > ${COPY}
 test -s ${COPY}		|| fail "failed copy of ${DATA}"
 cmp ${DATA} ${COPY}	|| fail "corrupted copy of ${DATA}"
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ ${SSH} -S $CTL -N -M -f -F $OBJ/ssh_config -R${base}01:[$OBJ/unix-1.fwd] somehos
 ${SSH} -S $CTL.1 -N -M -f -F $OBJ/ssh_config -L[$OBJ/unix-1.fwd]:[$OBJ/unix-2.fwd] somehost
 ${SSH} -S $CTL.2 -N -M -f -F $OBJ/ssh_config -R[$OBJ/unix-2.fwd]:[$OBJ/unix-3.fwd] somehost
 ${SSH} -S $CTL.3 -N -M -f -F $OBJ/ssh_config -L[$OBJ/unix-3.fwd]:127.0.0.1:$PORT somehost
-${SSH} -F $OBJ/ssh_config -p${base}01 -o 'ConnectionAttempts=4' \
+${SSH} -F $OBJ/ssh_config -p${base}01 -o 'ConnectionAttempts=10' \
 	somehost cat ${DATA} > ${COPY}
 test -s ${COPY}			|| fail "failed copy ${DATA}"
 cmp ${DATA} ${COPY}		|| fail "corrupted copy of ${DATA}"