diff --git a/playbooks/roles/install-ansible/files/ansible.cfg b/playbooks/roles/install-ansible/files/ansible.cfg
index df61b8c872..a68836ee26 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/install-ansible/files/ansible.cfg
+++ b/playbooks/roles/install-ansible/files/ansible.cfg
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ cache_plugin=jsonfile
 cache_connection=/var/cache/ansible/inventory
 
 [ssh_connection]
+retries=3
 pipelining = True