diff --git a/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml b/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
index 1415639..77f7680 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     chdir: /opt/metacluster/container-images
   register: imagedownload
   until: imagedownload is succeeded
+  retries: 5
   loop: "{{ containerimages.results | map(attribute='stdout_lines') | flatten + dependencies.container_images }}"
 
 - name: Compress tarballs