diff --git a/conf/test_stresstest_human.config b/conf/test_stresstest_human.config
index 5b7989201..f61d1b64e 100644
--- a/conf/test_stresstest_human.config
+++ b/conf/test_stresstest_human.config
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ process {
       time = { check_max( 48.h * task.attempt, 'time' ) }
    }
    withName:'markduplicates'{
+      errorStrategy = { task.exitStatus in [143,137,104,134,139] ? 'retry' : 'finish' }
       cpus = { check_max( 16, 'cpus' ) }
       memory = { check_max( 16.GB * task.attempt, 'memory' ) }
       time = { check_max( 48.h * task.attempt, 'time' ) }