diff --git a/rpc_deployment/roles/lxc_common/tasks/lxc_container_cache.yml b/rpc_deployment/roles/lxc_common/tasks/lxc_container_cache.yml
index 0763dd98e2..9f75079e31 100644
--- a/rpc_deployment/roles/lxc_common/tasks/lxc_container_cache.yml
+++ b/rpc_deployment/roles/lxc_common/tasks/lxc_container_cache.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
   register: cache_download
   async: 600
   poll: 15
-  retries: 3
+  retries: 10
+  delay: 120
   until: cache_download|success
 
 - name: Move lxc cached image into place