diff --git a/core/docs/changelog/ZO-4649.change b/core/docs/changelog/ZO-4649.change
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..578faf926e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/docs/changelog/ZO-4649.change
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ZO-4649: Configure max retries for speech webhook celery task
diff --git a/core/src/zeit/speech/json/webhook.py b/core/src/zeit/speech/json/webhook.py
index 80ab1c6d01..7de00597e0 100644
--- a/core/src/zeit/speech/json/webhook.py
+++ b/core/src/zeit/speech/json/webhook.py
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ def SPEECH_WEBHOOK_TASK(self, payload: dict):
             speech.delete(payload)
     except zeit.cms.checkout.interfaces.CheckinCheckoutError:
         config = zope.app.appsetup.product.getProductConfiguration('zeit.speech')
-        self.retry(countdown=int(config['retry-delay-seconds']))
+        self.retry(
+            countdown=int(config['retry-delay-seconds']), max_retries=int(config['max-retries'])
+        )
 
 
 def validate_request(payload: dict):
diff --git a/core/src/zeit/speech/testing.py b/core/src/zeit/speech/testing.py
index ca4fee0e24..a7af262522 100644
--- a/core/src/zeit/speech/testing.py
+++ b/core/src/zeit/speech/testing.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   principal zope.speech
   speech-folder tts
   retry-delay-seconds 0
+  max-retries 1
 </product-config>
 """