diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5f1a3c9cfe2..bacd22a4ee8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1014,11 +1014,7 @@ jobs:
       # Run fluvio test
       - name: Run Fluvio CLI smoke tests
         if: matrix.test == 'fluvio'
-        uses: nick-fields/retry@v2
-        with:
-          timeout_minutes: 15
-          max_attempts: 3
-          command: make cli-fluvio-smoke
+        run: make cli-fluvio-smoke
 
       # test smdk
       - name: Download artifact - smdk
diff --git a/tests/cli/fluvio_smoke_tests/producer-smartmodule.bats b/tests/cli/fluvio_smoke_tests/producer-smartmodule.bats
index 4d5fb9121df..0863d19afc4 100644
--- a/tests/cli/fluvio_smoke_tests/producer-smartmodule.bats
+++ b/tests/cli/fluvio_smoke_tests/producer-smartmodule.bats
@@ -252,8 +252,7 @@ setup_file() {
     # Produce to topic with transforms file
     TEST_MESSAGE="Banana"
     export TEST_MESSAGE
-    run bash -c 'echo "$TEST_MESSAGE" | timeout 15s "$FLUVIO_BIN" produce "$TOPIC_NAME" \
-        --transforms-file "$INPUT_FILE"'
+    run bash -c 'echo "$TEST_MESSAGE" | timeout 15s "$FLUVIO_BIN" produce "$TOPIC_NAME"  --transforms-file "$INPUT_FILE"'
     echo "cmd: $BATS_RUN_COMMAND" >&2
     assert_success
 
@@ -302,10 +301,9 @@ setup_file() {
     # Produce to topic with transforms file
     TEST_MESSAGE="Banana"
     export TEST_MESSAGE
-    run bash -c 'echo "$TEST_MESSAGE" | timeout 15s "$FLUVIO_BIN" produce "$TOPIC_NAME" \
-        --transform "{\"uses\":\"$SMARTMODULE_NAME\"}"'
-    echo "cmd: $BATS_RUN_COMMAND" >&2
+    run bash -c 'echo "$TEST_MESSAGE" | timeout 15s "$FLUVIO_BIN" produce "$TOPIC_NAME" --transform "{\"uses\":\"$SMARTMODULE_NAME\"}"'
     assert_success
+    echo "cmd: $BATS_RUN_COMMAND" >&2
 
     EXPECTED_OUTPUT="BANANA"
     export EXPECTED_OUTPUT
@@ -314,9 +312,6 @@ setup_file() {
     assert_output "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT"
     assert_success
 
-
-
-
     # Delete topic
     run timeout 15s "$FLUVIO_BIN" topic delete "$TOPIC_NAME"
     echo "cmd: $BATS_RUN_COMMAND" >&2