diff --git a/app/workers/repository_update_mirror_worker.rb b/app/workers/repository_update_mirror_worker.rb
index b9215e32a91b62ba1f68729c606d585bc7e6d1fe..d0c372542d5059aff38f4f9771687b830169e855 100644
--- a/app/workers/repository_update_mirror_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/repository_update_mirror_worker.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ class UpdateMirrorError < StandardError; end
   include Sidekiq::Worker
   include Gitlab::ShellAdapter
 
-  sidekiq_options queue: :gitlab_shell
+  # Retry not neccessary. It will try again at the next update interval.
+  sidekiq_options queue: :gitlab_shell, retry: false
 
   attr_accessor :project, :repository, :current_user
 
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased-ee/sidekiq_set_retries.yml b/changelogs/unreleased-ee/sidekiq_set_retries.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ec8f37d37f131e472db0ebb858f18c728c6206b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased-ee/sidekiq_set_retries.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Disable retries for remote mirror update worker
+merge_request: 848
+author: