diff --git a/src/fullnode.rs b/src/fullnode.rs
index c27641640..9b4f06b32 100644
--- a/src/fullnode.rs
+++ b/src/fullnode.rs
@@ -835,7 +835,6 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[ignore]
     fn test_wrong_role_transition() {
         // Create the leader node information
         let bootstrap_leader_keypair = Arc::new(Keypair::new());
@@ -983,7 +982,6 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[ignore]
     fn test_validator_to_leader_transition() {
         // Make a leader identity
         let leader_keypair = Keypair::new();
diff --git a/src/leader_scheduler.rs b/src/leader_scheduler.rs
index 294a3f866..24eb9dfba 100644
--- a/src/leader_scheduler.rs
+++ b/src/leader_scheduler.rs
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ pub fn make_active_set_entries(
 
     let params = json!([active_keypair.pubkey(), sig, msg.as_bytes()]);
     let resp = RpcRequest::RegisterNode
-        .make_rpc_request(&rpc_client, 1, Some(params))
+        .retry_make_rpc_request(&rpc_client, 1, Some(params), 5)
         .unwrap();
     let vote_account_id: Pubkey = serde_json::from_value(resp).unwrap();