diff --git a/node-api/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/protonwrapper/netty/AMQPClient.kt b/node-api/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/protonwrapper/netty/AMQPClient.kt
index b542ada21f..3118ec6757 100644
--- a/node-api/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/protonwrapper/netty/AMQPClient.kt
+++ b/node-api/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/protonwrapper/netty/AMQPClient.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class AMQPClient(val targets: List<NetworkHostAndPort>,
 
         val log = contextLogger()
         const val MIN_RETRY_INTERVAL = 1000L
-        const val MAX_RETRY_INTERVAL = 300000L
+        const val MAX_RETRY_INTERVAL = 60000L
         const val BACKOFF_MULTIPLIER = 2L
         const val NUM_CLIENT_THREADS = 2
     }