diff --git a/.config/nextest.toml b/.config/nextest.toml
index 021c3e30006..98bbeb02526 100644
--- a/.config/nextest.toml
+++ b/.config/nextest.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ threads-required = "num-test-threads"
 filter = 'package(ethexe-observer)'
 retries = 5
 threads-required = "num-test-threads"
+
+[[profile.ci.overrides]]
+filter = 'package(gclient)'
+retries = 5
+threads-required = "num-test-threads"
diff --git a/gclient/tests/upload.rs b/gclient/tests/upload.rs
index 6729d648d5d..61bdc70d2b2 100644
--- a/gclient/tests/upload.rs
+++ b/gclient/tests/upload.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ async fn upload_programs_and_check(
     let (ex_res, _) = if let Some(timeout) = timeout {
         tokio::time::timeout(timeout, api.upload_program_bytes_batch(args))
             .await
-            .expect("Too long test upload time - something goes wrong.")?
+            .expect("Too long test upload time - something goes wrong")?
     } else {
         api.upload_program_bytes_batch(args).await?
     };