diff --git a/changelog/@unreleased/pr-564.v2.yml b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-564.v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86411254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-564.v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type: improvement
+improvement:
+  description: Remove retryAttempts override for DockerProxyExtension
+  links:
+  - https://github.com/palantir/docker-proxy-rule/pull/564
diff --git a/docker-proxy-junit-jupiter/src/main/java/com/palantir/docker/proxy/DockerProxyExtension.java b/docker-proxy-junit-jupiter/src/main/java/com/palantir/docker/proxy/DockerProxyExtension.java
index 99f20bd3..81e156d1 100644
--- a/docker-proxy-junit-jupiter/src/main/java/com/palantir/docker/proxy/DockerProxyExtension.java
+++ b/docker-proxy-junit-jupiter/src/main/java/com/palantir/docker/proxy/DockerProxyExtension.java
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ public final class DockerProxyExtension extends DockerProxyManager<DockerCompose
     DockerProxyExtension(
             Function<DockerExecutable, DockerContainerInfo> dockerContainerInfoCreator, Class<?> classToLogFor) {
         super(
-                customizer -> customizer
-                        .apply(DockerComposeExtension.builder().retryAttempts(0))
-                        .build(),
+                customizer -> customizer.apply(DockerComposeExtension.builder()).build(),
                 dockerContainerInfoCreator,
                 classToLogFor);
     }