diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index 0e9e3120d..14ae68096 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           SPRING_AI_OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
           ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
           ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD }}
-        run: mvn -s settings.xml -Pintegration-tests --batch-mode --update-snapshots deploy
+        run: mvn -s settings.xml -Pintegration-tests -Dfailsafe.rerunFailingTestsCount=3 --batch-mode --update-snapshots deploy
 
       - name: Generate Java docs
         run: mvn javadoc:aggregate
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 24b9e54bb..14e8fe3cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ Set API key environment variables for OpenAI and Azure OpenAI before running.
 ./mvnw clean verify -Pintegration-tests
 ```
 
+To run a specific integration test allowing for up to two attempts to succeed.  This is useful when a hosted service is not reliable or times out.
+```shell
+./mvnw -pl vector-stores/spring-ai-pgvector-store -Pintegration-tests -Dfailsafe.rerunFailingTestsCount=2 -Dit.test=PgVectorStoreIT verify
+
+```
 To build the docs
 ```shell
 ./mvnw -pl spring-ai-docs antora