diff --git a/spec/lib/pwned_password_downloader_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pwned_password_downloader_spec.rb
index 34c35eb124f..ff220254e8f 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pwned_password_downloader_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pwned_password_downloader_spec.rb
@@ -12,12 +12,9 @@
   end
 
   around do |example|
-    original_retries_sleep_enabled = Retries.sleep_enabled
-    Retries.sleep_enabled = false
     Dir.mktmpdir('pwned_passwords') do |destination|
       @destination = destination
       example.run
-      Retries.sleep_enabled = original_retries_sleep_enabled
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 104cd27bb60..7ceecfcbc8f 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
   config.profile_examples = RSPEC_RUNNING_IN_PARALLEL ? 10 : 0
 end
 
+require 'retries'
+Retries.sleep_enabled = false
+
 require 'webmock/rspec'
 WebMock.disable_net_connect!(
   allow: [