diff --git a/templates-updates.fif.json b/templates-updates.fif.json
index cdc24b58..e8cb1f22 100644
--- a/templates-updates.fif.json
+++ b/templates-updates.fif.json
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@
                 "NO_ADVISORY_POST": "1",
                 "PACKAGE_SET": "default",
                 "PARALLEL_WITH": "support_server@%ARCH_BASE_MACHINE%",
+                "RETRY": "5",
                 "WORKER_CLASS": "tap"
             }
         },