diff --git a/node/src/integration-test/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/TimedFlowMultiThreadedSMMTests.kt b/node/src/integration-test/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/TimedFlowMultiThreadedSMMTests.kt
index 4a3e8064d0..54cc843808 100644
--- a/node/src/integration-test/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/TimedFlowMultiThreadedSMMTests.kt
+++ b/node/src/integration-test/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/TimedFlowMultiThreadedSMMTests.kt
@@ -182,4 +182,4 @@ class TimedFlowMultiThreadedSMMTests : IntegrationTest() {
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/statemachine/MultiThreadedStateMachineManager.kt b/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/statemachine/MultiThreadedStateMachineManager.kt
index bdd6e2b5bc..87eb777a9c 100644
--- a/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/statemachine/MultiThreadedStateMachineManager.kt
+++ b/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/statemachine/MultiThreadedStateMachineManager.kt
@@ -602,10 +602,11 @@ class MultiThreadedStateMachineManager(
     private fun scheduleTimeoutException(flow: Flow, retryCount: Int): ScheduledFuture<*> {
         return with(serviceHub.configuration.flowTimeout) {
             val timeoutDelaySeconds = timeout.seconds * Math.pow(backoffBase, retryCount.toDouble()).toLong()
+            val jitteredDelaySeconds = maxOf(1L ,timeoutDelaySeconds/2 + (Random().nextDouble() * timeoutDelaySeconds/2).toLong())
             timeoutScheduler.schedule({
                 val event = Event.Error(FlowTimeoutException(maxRestartCount))
                 flow.fiber.scheduleEvent(event)
-            }, timeoutDelaySeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+            }, jitteredDelaySeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/node/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/node/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index de036401ec..a11783b91f 100644
--- a/node/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/node/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ rpcSettings = {
 }
 flowTimeout {
     timeout = 30 seconds
-    maxRestartCount = 5
+    maxRestartCount = 6
     backoffBase = 1.8
 }