diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/paging/PagingTest.java b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/paging/PagingTest.java
index b093ffe71e..bbf96abc61 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/paging/PagingTest.java
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/paging/PagingTest.java
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.logs.AssertionLoggerHandler;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.spi.core.security.ActiveMQSecurityManagerImpl;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.ActiveMQTestBase;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.Wait;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.RetryMethod;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.RetryRule;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.actors.ArtemisExecutor;
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ public class PagingTest extends ActiveMQTestBase {
    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(PagingTest.class);
 
    @Rule
-   public RetryRule retryMethod = new RetryRule(0);
+   public RetryRule retryMethod = new RetryRule(1);
 
    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(PagingTest.class);
 
@@ -1743,7 +1742,6 @@ public class PagingTest extends ActiveMQTestBase {
 
    }
 
-   @RetryMethod(retries = 1)
    @Test
    public void testInabilityToCreateDirectoryDuringPaging() throws Exception {
       // this test only applies to file-based stores
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/server/LVQTest.java b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/server/LVQTest.java
index 2f233a4465..d35a96b2a2 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/server/LVQTest.java
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/server/LVQTest.java
@@ -33,13 +33,19 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.impl.LastValueQueue;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.settings.impl.AddressSettings;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.ActiveMQTestBase;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.Wait;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.RetryMethod;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.RetryRule;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.collections.LinkedListIterator;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class LVQTest extends ActiveMQTestBase {
 
+   @Rule
+   public RetryRule retryRule = new RetryRule(2);
+
    private ActiveMQServer server;
 
    private ClientSession clientSession;
@@ -541,6 +547,12 @@ public class LVQTest extends ActiveMQTestBase {
       assertEquals(0, queue.getDeliveringCount());
    }
 
+   // There's a race between the schedule message reaching the queue,
+   // and actually being delivered
+   // by the time scheduledCount == 0 the message could still be in flight to the queue on
+   // an executor, and that's not an issue,
+   // however this test may eventually fail because of that, so I'm setting a retry here
+   @RetryMethod(retries = 3)
    @Test
    public void testScheduledMessages() throws Exception {
       final long DELAY_TIME = 10;
@@ -562,6 +574,8 @@ public class LVQTest extends ActiveMQTestBase {
       // allow schedules to elapse so the messages will be delivered to the queue
       Wait.waitFor(() -> queue.getScheduledCount() == 0);
 
+      Wait.assertEquals(MESSAGE_COUNT, queue::getMessagesAdded);
+
       clientSession.start();
       ClientMessage m = consumer.receive(5000);
       assertNotNull(m);