diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e7c7d3c..972ef76 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.8
+0.7.9
diff --git a/edge-monitoring/agent_modem/edge_monitoring_agent_modem.py b/edge-monitoring/agent_modem/edge_monitoring_agent_modem.py
index cfebbe6..6a32cb0 100755
--- a/edge-monitoring/agent_modem/edge_monitoring_agent_modem.py
+++ b/edge-monitoring/agent_modem/edge_monitoring_agent_modem.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 
 def get_user_plane_state(modem):
     if "dry_run" in CONF.ips._fields and CONF.ips.dry_run: # run dry_run latency test as user plane test
-        dry_run_latency, dry_run_passed = run_ping_test(CONF.ips.dry_run, 3)
+        dry_run_latency, dry_run_passed = run_ping_test(CONF.ips.dry_run, 10)
         if dry_run_passed:
             return State.connected, dry_run_latency
         else:
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
     for i in range(0, len(CONF.ips)):
         if CONF.ips._fields[i] == "dry_run":
             continue
-        count = 5
+        count = 10
         speedtest_ping[CONF.ips._fields[i]], status = run_ping_test(CONF.ips[i], count)
         if not status:
             ping_test_passed = False