diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/assets.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/assets.yml
index 0dd1b2e..d8a2598 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/assets.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/assets.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
   loop_control:
     label: "{{ item | basename }}"
   # Probably should add a task before that ensures K3s node is fully initialized before starting imports; currently K3s goes away briefly during this loop
-  retries: 5
+  retries: 9
   delay: 10
   until: import_result is not failed
diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/certauthority.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/certauthority.yml
index 354e42c..1ae8c2c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/certauthority.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/certauthority.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       until:
         - api_readycheck.json.status is defined
         - api_readycheck.json.status == 'ok'
-      retries: 5
+      retries: 9
       delay: 60
 
     - name: Retrieve configmap w/ root certificate
diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/git.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/git.yml
index 32c72b0..09d1299 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/git.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/git.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       until:
         - api_readycheck.json.status is defined
         - api_readycheck.json.status == 'pass'
-      retries: 5
+      retries: 9
       delay: 60
 
     - name: Configure additional SSH ingress
diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/gitops.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/gitops.yml
index 9fa3fda..8707d7d 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/gitops.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/gitops.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       register: api_readycheck
       until:
         - api_readycheck.json.Version is defined
-      retries: 5
+      retries: 9
       delay: 60
 
     - name: Generate argo-cd API token
diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/registry.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/registry.yml
index 61608bd..8bc51ae 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/registry.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/registry.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       until:
         - api_readycheck.json.status is defined
         - api_readycheck.json.status == 'healthy'
-      retries: 5
+      retries: 9
       delay: 60
 
     - name: Push images to registry
diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/storage.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/storage.yml
index 01a1c2a..12197e9 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/storage.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/storage.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       register: api_readycheck
       until:
         - api_readycheck is not failed
-      retries: 5
+      retries: 9
       delay: 60
 
   module_defaults: