diff --git a/packages/@n8n/blob-storage/src/__tests__/fs-byte-store.integration.test.ts b/packages/@n8n/blob-storage/src/__tests__/fs-byte-store.integration.test.ts
index 97d8814c444..66dd8ccd601 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/blob-storage/src/__tests__/fs-byte-store.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/blob-storage/src/__tests__/fs-byte-store.integration.test.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,18 @@ describe('delete', () => {
 	it('does not throw on deleting a missing key', async () => {
 		await expect(store.delete(['a/missing.json'])).resolves.toBeUndefined();
 	});
+
+	it('passes a retry budget to each file removal', async () => {
+		await store.write('a/one.json', body);
+		const rmSpy = vi.spyOn(fs, 'rm');
+
+		await store.delete(['a/one.json']);
+
+		expect(rmSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(join(storagePath, 'a/one.json'), {
+			force: true,
+			maxRetries: 3,
+		});
+	});
 });
 
 describe('write (stream)', () => {
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/blob-storage/src/fs-byte-store.ts b/packages/@n8n/blob-storage/src/fs-byte-store.ts
index e18896daa1e..33838bbed5e 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/blob-storage/src/fs-byte-store.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/blob-storage/src/fs-byte-store.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export class FsByteStore implements ByteStore {
 
 	async delete(keys: ByteStoreKey[]) {
 		const deletePaths = keys.map((key) => this.getAbsolutePath(key));
-		await Promise.all(deletePaths.map(async (p) => await fs.rm(p, { force: true })));
+		await Promise.all(deletePaths.map(async (p) => await fs.rm(p, { force: true, maxRetries: 3 })));
 		const dirs = [...new Set(deletePaths.map((p) => path.dirname(p)))];
 		await Promise.all(dirs.map(async (dir) => await this.removeEmptyAncestors(dir)));
 	}