diff --git a/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg b/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg
index ff5c0cb1d4..05f3eae8bb 100644
--- a/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg
+++ b/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ backend oci-registry-backend
 {% if env == "production" %}
     server oci-registry02 oci-registry02:5000 check inter 10s rise 1 fall 2
 {% endif %}
+    retries 5
+    retry-on all-retryable-errors
 
 frontend ipsilon-frontend
     bind 0.0.0.0:10020