diff --git a/lib/plugin/retryFailedStep.js b/lib/plugin/retryFailedStep.js
index 394fa4e5c..555ca683b 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/retryFailedStep.js
+++ b/lib/plugin/retryFailedStep.js
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export default function (config) {
     enableRetry = true
   })
 
-  event.dispatcher.on(event.step.passed, () => {
+  event.dispatcher.on(event.step.finished, () => {
     enableRetry = false
   })
 
diff --git a/test/unit/plugin/retryFailedStep_test.js b/test/unit/plugin/retryFailedStep_test.js
index 812903665..75731f8a1 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugin/retryFailedStep_test.js
+++ b/test/unit/plugin/retryFailedStep_test.js
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ describe('retryFailedStep', () => {
     event.dispatcher.emit(event.step.started, { title: 'seeElement' })
     expect(retryConfig.when(new Error()), "'seeElement' must not be ignored when only 'see' is configured").to.equal(true)
 
-    event.dispatcher.emit(event.step.passed, {})
+    event.dispatcher.emit(event.step.finished, {})
 
     event.dispatcher.emit(event.step.started, { title: 'see' })
     expect(retryConfig.when(new Error()), "exact match 'see' must still be ignored").to.not.equal(true)