diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_actor_charge.py b/tests/e2e/test_actor_charge.py
index 0e2e98a0..f8b1f393 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_actor_charge.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_actor_charge.py
@@ -171,8 +171,10 @@ async def test_actor_push_data_charges_both_events(
     """Test that push_data charges both the explicit event and the synthetic apify-default-dataset-item event."""
     run = await run_actor(ppe_push_data_actor)
 
-    # Refetch until the platform gets its act together
-    for is_last_attempt, _ in retry_counter(30):
+    # Use a longer retry window (120 attempts x 1 s) for synthetic events like `apify-default-dataset-item`:
+    # the platform computes them from dataset writes asynchronously, so they propagate more slowly than
+    # explicit charges (which are reflected immediately via the charge endpoint).
+    for is_last_attempt, _ in retry_counter(120):
         await asyncio.sleep(1)
         updated_run = await apify_client_async.run(run.id).get()
         run = ActorRun.model_validate(updated_run)
@@ -200,8 +202,10 @@ async def test_actor_push_data_combined_budget_limit(
     """
     run = await run_actor(ppe_push_data_actor, max_total_charge_usd=Decimal('0.20'))
 
-    # Refetch until the platform gets its act together
-    for is_last_attempt, _ in retry_counter(30):
+    # Use a longer retry window (120 attempts x 1 s) for synthetic events like `apify-default-dataset-item`:
+    # the platform computes them from dataset writes asynchronously, so they propagate more slowly than
+    # explicit charges (which are reflected immediately via the charge endpoint).
+    for is_last_attempt, _ in retry_counter(120):
         await asyncio.sleep(1)
         updated_run = await apify_client_async.run(run.id).get()
         run = ActorRun.model_validate(updated_run)