diff --git a/tests/templates/ansible.cfg.j2 b/tests/templates/ansible.cfg.j2
index 256a2efd70..29147b9ad9 100644
--- a/tests/templates/ansible.cfg.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/ansible.cfg.j2
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ host_key_checking = False
 
 [ssh_connection]
 pipelining = True
+retries = 3