diff --git a/monitoring/api/v3/cloud-client/snippets_test.py b/monitoring/api/v3/cloud-client/snippets_test.py
index 23e457cd2572..5aabbda83922 100644
--- a/monitoring/api/v3/cloud-client/snippets_test.py
+++ b/monitoring/api/v3/cloud-client/snippets_test.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import re
 
 import backoff
+from google.api_core.exceptions import InternalServerError
 from google.api_core.exceptions import NotFound
 import pytest
 
@@ -42,7 +43,12 @@ def custom_metric_descriptor(capsys):
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def write_time_series():
-    snippets.write_time_series(PROJECT_ID)
+
+    @backoff.on_exception(backoff.expo, InternalServerError, max_time=120)
+    def write():
+        snippets.write_time_series(PROJECT_ID)
+
+    write()
     yield