diff --git a/internal/internal_worker_base.go b/internal/internal_worker_base.go
index fc49a63ab..00f6ec7f3 100644
--- a/internal/internal_worker_base.go
+++ b/internal/internal_worker_base.go
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ const (
 	retryPollOperationMaxInterval             = 10 * time.Second
 	retryPollResourceExhaustedInitialInterval = time.Second
 	retryPollResourceExhaustedMaxInterval     = 10 * time.Second
-	retryLongPollGracePeriod                  = 2 * time.Minute
 	// How long the same poll task error can remain suppressed
 	lastPollTaskErrSuppressTime = 1 * time.Minute
 )
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ const (
 var (
 	pollOperationRetryPolicy         = createPollRetryPolicy()
 	pollResourceExhaustedRetryPolicy = createPollResourceExhaustedRetryPolicy()
+	retryLongPollGracePeriod         = 2 * time.Minute
 )
 
 var errStop = errors.New("worker stopping")
@@ -194,6 +194,17 @@ type (
 	}
 )
 
+// SetRetryLongPollGracePeriod sets the amount of time a long poller retrys on
+// fatal errors before it actually fails. For test use only,
+// not safe to call with a running worker.
+func SetRetryLongPollGracePeriod(period time.Duration) {
+	retryLongPollGracePeriod = period
+}
+
+func getRetryLongPollGracePeriod() time.Duration {
+	return retryLongPollGracePeriod
+}
+
 func createPollRetryPolicy() backoff.RetryPolicy {
 	policy := backoff.NewExponentialRetryPolicy(retryPollOperationInitialInterval)
 	policy.SetMaximumInterval(retryPollOperationMaxInterval)
@@ -335,7 +346,7 @@ func (bw *baseWorker) pollTask() {
 		if err != nil {
 			// We retry "non retriable" errors while long polling for a while, because some proxies return
 			// unexpected values causing unnecessary downtime.
-			if isNonRetriableError(err) && bw.retrier.GetElapsedTime() > retryLongPollGracePeriod {
+			if isNonRetriableError(err) && bw.retrier.GetElapsedTime() > getRetryLongPollGracePeriod() {
 				bw.logger.Error("Worker received non-retriable error. Shutting down.", tagError, err)
 				if bw.fatalErrCb != nil {
 					bw.fatalErrCb(err)
diff --git a/test/integration_test.go b/test/integration_test.go
index bf0d4756d..9705dfde7 100644
--- a/test/integration_test.go
+++ b/test/integration_test.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import (
 	"go.temporal.io/sdk/client"
 	contribtally "go.temporal.io/sdk/contrib/tally"
 	"go.temporal.io/sdk/interceptor"
+	"go.temporal.io/sdk/internal"
 	"go.temporal.io/sdk/internal/common"
 	"go.temporal.io/sdk/internal/common/metrics"
 	"go.temporal.io/sdk/internal/interceptortest"
@@ -2276,6 +2277,8 @@ func (ts *IntegrationTestSuite) TestWorkerFatalErrorOnStart() {
 }
 
 func (ts *IntegrationTestSuite) testWorkerFatalError(useWorkerRun bool) {
+	// Allow the worker to fail faster so the test does not take 2 minutes.
+	internal.SetRetryLongPollGracePeriod(5 * time.Second)
 	// Make a new client that will fail a poll with a namespace not found
 	c, err := client.Dial(client.Options{
 		HostPort:  ts.config.ServiceAddr,