diff --git a/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/indexbuilder/ESIndexBuilder.java b/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/indexbuilder/ESIndexBuilder.java
index 648e61b6a9..4eb1f5312c 100644
--- a/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/indexbuilder/ESIndexBuilder.java
+++ b/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/indexbuilder/ESIndexBuilder.java
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ public class ESIndexBuilder {
   private final RestHighLevelClient searchClient;
   private final int numShards;
   private final int numReplicas;
+  private final int numRetries;
 
-  private static final int NUM_RETRIES = 3;
   private static final List<String> SETTINGS_TO_COMPARE = ImmutableList.of("number_of_shards", "number_of_replicas");
 
   public void buildIndex(String indexName, Map<String, Object> mappings, Map<String, Object> settings)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class ESIndexBuilder {
     // There can be some delay between the reindex finishing and count being fully up to date, so try multiple times
     long originalCount = 0;
     long reindexedCount = 0;
-    for (int i = 0; i < NUM_RETRIES; i++) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < this.numRetries; i++) {
       // Check if reindex succeeded by comparing document counts
       originalCount = getCount(indexName);
       reindexedCount = getCount(tempIndexName);
diff --git a/metadata-io/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchServiceTest.java b/metadata-io/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchServiceTest.java
index f5813fd10c..105742b434 100644
--- a/metadata-io/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchServiceTest.java
+++ b/metadata-io/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchServiceTest.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class ElasticSearchServiceTest {
   }
 
   public static ESIndexBuilder getIndexBuilder(RestHighLevelClient searchClient) {
-    return new ESIndexBuilder(searchClient, 1, 1);
+    return new ESIndexBuilder(searchClient, 1, 1, 3);
   }
 
   @Nonnull
diff --git a/metadata-service/factories/src/main/java/com/linkedin/gms/factory/search/ElasticSearchIndexBuilderFactory.java b/metadata-service/factories/src/main/java/com/linkedin/gms/factory/search/ElasticSearchIndexBuilderFactory.java
index 46562cb54e..d43603b328 100644
--- a/metadata-service/factories/src/main/java/com/linkedin/gms/factory/search/ElasticSearchIndexBuilderFactory.java
+++ b/metadata-service/factories/src/main/java/com/linkedin/gms/factory/search/ElasticSearchIndexBuilderFactory.java
@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@ public class ElasticSearchIndexBuilderFactory {
   @Value("${elasticsearch.index.numReplicas}")
   private Integer numReplicas;
 
+  @Value("${elasticsearch.index.numRetries}")
+  private Integer numRetries;
+
   @Bean(name = "elasticSearchIndexBuilder")
   @Nonnull
   protected ESIndexBuilder getInstance() {
-    return new ESIndexBuilder(searchClient, numShards, numReplicas);
+    return new ESIndexBuilder(searchClient, numShards, numReplicas, numRetries);
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/metadata-service/factories/src/main/resources/application.yml b/metadata-service/factories/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 62faf6ad2b..c42333d573 100644
--- a/metadata-service/factories/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/metadata-service/factories/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ elasticsearch:
     prefix: ${INDEX_PREFIX:}
     numShards: ${ELASTICSEARCH_NUM_SHARDS_PER_INDEX:1}
     numReplicas: ${ELASTICSEARCH_NUM_REPLICAS_PER_INDEX:1}
+    numRetries: ${ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX_BUILDER_NUM_RETRIES :3}
     maxArrayLength: ${SEARCH_DOCUMENT_MAX_ARRAY_LENGTH:1000}
 
 # TODO: Kafka topic convention