diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/review.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/review.gitlab-ci.yml
index f5ed3e1ad9a..9b764028be9 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/review.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/review.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ schedule:review-build-cng:
 
 .review-deploy-base: &review-deploy-base
   <<: *review-base
+  allow_failure: true
   stage: review
-  retry: 2
   variables:
     HOST_SUFFIX: "${CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG}"
     DOMAIN: "-${CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG}.${REVIEW_APPS_DOMAIN}"
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ review-stop:
 
 .review-qa-base: &review-qa-base
   <<: *review-docker
+  allow_failure: true
   stage: qa
   variables:
     <<: *review-docker-variables
@@ -157,7 +158,6 @@ review-stop:
 
 review-qa-smoke:
   <<: *review-qa-base
-  retry: 2
   script:
     - gitlab-qa Test::Instance::Smoke "${QA_IMAGE}" "${CI_ENVIRONMENT_URL}"