diff --git a/test/e2e/network/dns_common.go b/test/e2e/network/dns_common.go
index c93c431a3cd..e68e8190f6a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/dns_common.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/dns_common.go
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ func createProbeCommand(namesToResolve []string, hostEntries []string, ptrLookup
 // createTargetedProbeCommand returns a command line that performs a DNS lookup for a specific record type
 func createTargetedProbeCommand(nameToResolve string, lookup string, fileNamePrefix string) (string, string) {
 	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s_udp@%s", fileNamePrefix, nameToResolve)
-	probeCmd := fmt.Sprintf("dig +short +tries=12 %s %s > /results/%s", nameToResolve, lookup, fileName)
+	probeCmd := fmt.Sprintf("for i in `seq 1 30`; do dig +short %s %s > /results/%s; sleep 1; done", nameToResolve, lookup, fileName)
 	return probeCmd, fileName
 }