diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/swift/ringbuilder.pp b/manifests/profile/base/swift/ringbuilder.pp
index 27cf4fe15..3c7b8df90 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/swift/ringbuilder.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/swift/ringbuilder.pp
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::swift::ringbuilder (
   if $step >= 2 and $swift_ring_get_tempurl != '' {
     exec{'fetch_swift_ring_tarball':
       path    => ['/usr/bin'],
-      command => "curl --insecure --silent '${swift_ring_get_tempurl}' -o /tmp/swift-rings.tar.gz",
-      returns => [0, 3]
+      command => "curl --insecure --silent --retry 3 '${swift_ring_get_tempurl}' -o /tmp/swift-rings.tar.gz",
+      returns => [0, 3],
+      timeout => 30,
+      tries   => 3,
     }
     ~> exec{'extract_swift_ring_tarball':
       path    => ['/bin'],
@@ -155,9 +157,11 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::swift::ringbuilder (
     }
     exec{'upload_swift_ring_tarball':
       path        => ['/usr/bin'],
-      command     => "curl --insecure --silent -X PUT '${$swift_ring_put_tempurl}' --data-binary @/tmp/swift-rings.tar.gz",
+      command     => "curl --insecure --silent --retry 3 -X PUT '${$swift_ring_put_tempurl}' --data-binary @/tmp/swift-rings.tar.gz",
       require     => Exec['create_swift_ring_tarball'],
       refreshonly => true,
+      timeout     => 30,
+      tries       => 3,
     }
 
     Exec['rebalance_account'] ~> Exec['create_swift_ring_tarball']
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/swift-ring-curl-retry-1c329d1808b7f02c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/swift-ring-curl-retry-1c329d1808b7f02c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d3e2bc49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/swift-ring-curl-retry-1c329d1808b7f02c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Retry Swift ring up-/downloads on failures to improve overall
+    stability during deployments when there are temporary errors.
+    Retries are executed in case of HTTP errors (for example due to a
+    temporary issue between the proxy and backend servers) as well as
+    connection issue to the proxy itself.