diff --git a/swh/loader/svn/svn_retry.py b/swh/loader/svn/svn_retry.py
index 3e53ee0..c7c950a 100644
--- a/swh/loader/svn/svn_retry.py
+++ b/swh/loader/svn/svn_retry.py
@@ -1,42 +1,42 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2022  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 
 import logging
 
 from subvertpy import SubversionException
 from tenacity import retry
 from tenacity.before_sleep import before_sleep_log
 from tenacity.retry import retry_if_exception
 from tenacity.stop import stop_after_attempt
 from tenacity.wait import wait_exponential
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 SVN_RETRY_WAIT_EXP_BASE = 10
-SVN_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 5
+SVN_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3
 
 
 def is_retryable_svn_exception(exception):
     if isinstance(exception, SubversionException):
         return exception.args[0].startswith(
             (
                 "Connection timed out",
                 "Unable to connect to a repository at URL",
                 "Error running context: The server unexpectedly closed the connection",
                 "ra_serf: The server sent a truncated HTTP response body",
             )
         )
     return isinstance(exception, (ConnectionResetError, TimeoutError))
 
 
 def svn_retry():
     return retry(
         retry=retry_if_exception(is_retryable_svn_exception),
         wait=wait_exponential(exp_base=SVN_RETRY_WAIT_EXP_BASE),
         stop=stop_after_attempt(max_attempt_number=SVN_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS),
         before_sleep=before_sleep_log(logger, logging.DEBUG),
         reraise=True,
     )