diff --git a/scripts/openstack-ansible.rc b/scripts/openstack-ansible.rc
index 20b8f7cf7c..a24c4a4241 100644
--- a/scripts/openstack-ansible.rc
+++ b/scripts/openstack-ansible.rc
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING="${ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING:-False}"
 export ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT="${ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT:-5}"
 export ANSIBLE_TRANSPORT="${ANSIBLE_TRANSPORT:-ssh}"
 export ANSIBLE_SSH_PIPELINING="${ANSIBLE_SSH_PIPELINING:-True}"
-export ANSIBLE_SSH_RETRIES="${ANSIBLE_SSH_RETRIES:-3}"
+export ANSIBLE_SSH_RETRIES="${ANSIBLE_SSH_RETRIES:-5}"
 export ANSIBLE_PIPELINING="${ANSIBLE_SSH_PIPELINING}"
 
 export ANSIBLE_STRATEGY_PLUGINS="${ANSIBLE_STRATEGY_PLUGINS:-/etc/ansible/roles/plugins/strategy}"