diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/attestation.rb b/Library/Homebrew/attestation.rb
index d456651b13..4e2510ab77 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/attestation.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/attestation.rb
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ module Homebrew
 
       sleep_time = 3 ** @attestation_retry_count[bottle]
       opoo "Failed to verify attestation. Retrying in #{sleep_time}..."
-      sleep sleep_time
+      sleep sleep_time if ENV["HOMEBREW_TESTS"].blank?
       @attestation_retry_count[bottle] += 1
       retry
     end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/attestation_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/attestation_spec.rb
index 7a7f32662a..48d8557717 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/attestation_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/attestation_spec.rb
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ RSpec.describe Homebrew::Attestation do
                               described_class::HOMEBREW_CORE_REPO, "--format", "json"],
               env: { "GH_TOKEN" => fake_gh_creds, "GH_HOST" => "github.com" }, secrets: [fake_gh_creds],
               print_stderr: false, chdir: HOMEBREW_TEMP)
-        .once
+        .exactly(described_class::ATTESTATION_MAX_RETRIES + 1)
         .and_raise(described_class::MissingAttestationError)
 
       expect(described_class).to receive(:system_command!)
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ RSpec.describe Homebrew::Attestation do
                               described_class::BACKFILL_REPO, "--format", "json"],
               env: { "GH_TOKEN" => fake_gh_creds, "GH_HOST" => "github.com" }, secrets: [fake_gh_creds],
               print_stderr: false, chdir: HOMEBREW_TEMP)
+        .exactly(described_class::ATTESTATION_MAX_RETRIES + 1)
         .and_return(fake_result_json_resp_too_new)
 
       expect do