diff --git a/CybersecurityBenchmarks/benchmark/llm.py b/CybersecurityBenchmarks/benchmark/llm.py
index bcffed42..4cb3cb63 100644
--- a/CybersecurityBenchmarks/benchmark/llm.py
+++ b/CybersecurityBenchmarks/benchmark/llm.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 
 NUM_LLM_RETRIES = 100
+MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT = 600
 
 MAX_TOKENS = 1000
 
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ def _query_with_retries(
         func: Callable[..., str],
         *args: Union[str, bool, Optional[str]],
         retries: int = NUM_LLM_RETRIES,
+        max_retry_timeout: int = MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT,
         backoff_factor: float = 0.5,
     ) -> str:
         last_exception = None
@@ -145,8 +147,8 @@ def _query_with_retries(
                 last_exception = exception
                 sleep_time = (
                     backoff_factor * (2**retry)
-                    if backoff_factor * (2**retry) <= 600
-                    else 600
+                    if backoff_factor * (2**retry) <= max_retry_timeout
+                    else max_retry_timeout
                 )
                 time.sleep(sleep_time)
                 LOG.error(
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@ def _chat_with_retries(
         func: Callable[..., str],
         *args: Union[List[str], bool, Optional[str]],
         retries: int = NUM_LLM_RETRIES,
+        max_retry_timeout: int = MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT,
         backoff_factor: float = 0.5,
     ) -> str:
         last_exception = None
@@ -171,8 +174,8 @@ def _chat_with_retries(
                 last_exception = exception
                 sleep_time = (
                     backoff_factor * (2**retry)
-                    if backoff_factor * (2**retry) <= 600
-                    else 600
+                    if backoff_factor * (2**retry) <= max_retry_timeout
+                    else max_retry_timeout
                 )
                 time.sleep(sleep_time)
                 LOG.error(
@@ -332,6 +335,7 @@ def query_multimodal_with_retries(
         image_path: Optional[str] = None,
         audio_path: Optional[str] = None,
         num_retries: int = NUM_LLM_RETRIES,
+        max_retry_timeout: int = MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT,
         max_tokens: int = DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS,
         temperature: float = DEFAULT_TEMPERATURE,
         top_p: float = DEFAULT_TOP_P,
@@ -393,8 +397,8 @@ def query_multimodal_with_retries(
                 last_exception = exception
                 sleep_time = (
                     backoff_factor * (2**retry)
-                    if backoff_factor * (2**retry) <= 600
-                    else 600
+                    if backoff_factor * (2**retry) <= max_retry_timeout
+                    else max_retry_timeout
                 )
                 time.sleep(sleep_time)
                 LOG.error(