diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 4deb3a003..c55f5efef 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
   when:
     - not network_packages is subset(ansible_facts.packages.keys())
   register: __network_package_install
+  until: __network_package_install is success
+  retries: 6
+  delay: 10
 
 - name: Install NetworkManager and nmstate when using network_state variable
   package:
diff --git a/tests/tasks/create_test_interfaces_with_dhcp.yml b/tests/tasks/create_test_interfaces_with_dhcp.yml
index 98f50612e..1c42c34e4 100644
--- a/tests/tasks/create_test_interfaces_with_dhcp.yml
+++ b/tests/tasks/create_test_interfaces_with_dhcp.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
     state: present
     use: "{{ (__network_is_ostree | d(false)) |
       ternary('ansible.posix.rhel_rpm_ostree', omit) }}"
+  register: __install_status
+  # sometimes the rpm download returns a 403 - I think it is when too
+  # many parallel jobs attempt the download from the same controller in
+  # too short a period of time, so the epel server throttles additional
+  # downloads - use a retry here to mitigate
+  until: __install_status is success
+  retries: 6
+  delay: 10
 
 - name: Install pgrep, sysctl
   package:
diff --git a/tests/tasks/manage_test_interface.yml b/tests/tasks/manage_test_interface.yml
index e4352e8fd..c05ef8241 100644
--- a/tests/tasks/manage_test_interface.yml
+++ b/tests/tasks/manage_test_interface.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
     state: present
     use: "{{ (__network_is_ostree | d(false)) |
       ternary('ansible.posix.rhel_rpm_ostree', omit) }}"
+  register: __install_status
+  until: __install_status is success
+  retries: 6
+  delay: 10
 
 # veth
 - name: Create veth interface {{ interface }}
diff --git a/tests/tasks/setup_802_1x_server.yml b/tests/tasks/setup_802_1x_server.yml
index a99496588..0041a5a54 100644
--- a/tests/tasks/setup_802_1x_server.yml
+++ b/tests/tasks/setup_802_1x_server.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
     state: present
     use: "{{ (__network_is_ostree | d(false)) |
       ternary('ansible.posix.rhel_rpm_ostree', omit) }}"
+  register: __install_status
+  until: __install_status is success
+  retries: 6
+  delay: 10
 
 - name: Create directory for test certificates
   file:
diff --git a/tests/tasks/setup_mock_wifi.yml b/tests/tasks/setup_mock_wifi.yml
index e8d7abc49..94a19f798 100644
--- a/tests/tasks/setup_mock_wifi.yml
+++ b/tests/tasks/setup_mock_wifi.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
     state: present
     use: "{{ (__network_is_ostree | d(false)) |
       ternary('ansible.posix.rhel_rpm_ostree', omit) }}"
+  register: __install_status
+  until: __install_status is success
+  retries: 6
+  delay: 10
 
 - name: Ensure NetworkManager is running
   service:
diff --git a/tests/tasks/setup_mock_wifi_wpa3_owe.yml b/tests/tasks/setup_mock_wifi_wpa3_owe.yml
index cba987f5d..5d8048de1 100644
--- a/tests/tasks/setup_mock_wifi_wpa3_owe.yml
+++ b/tests/tasks/setup_mock_wifi_wpa3_owe.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
     state: present
     use: "{{ (__network_is_ostree | d(false)) |
       ternary('ansible.posix.rhel_rpm_ostree', omit) }}"
+  register: __install_status
+  until: __install_status is success
+  retries: 6
+  delay: 10
 
 - name: Check if can test on CentOS and setup if possible
   when: ansible_distribution == 'CentOS'
diff --git a/tests/tasks/setup_mock_wifi_wpa3_sae.yml b/tests/tasks/setup_mock_wifi_wpa3_sae.yml
index 00418cd6e..94078e69f 100644
--- a/tests/tasks/setup_mock_wifi_wpa3_sae.yml
+++ b/tests/tasks/setup_mock_wifi_wpa3_sae.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
     state: present
     use: "{{ (__network_is_ostree | d(false)) |
       ternary('ansible.posix.rhel_rpm_ostree', omit) }}"
+  register: __install_status
+  until: __install_status is success
+  retries: 6
+  delay: 10
 
 - name: Configure CentOS system for testing, if possible
   when: ansible_distribution == 'CentOS'
@@ -42,6 +46,10 @@
     state: present
   when:
     - ansible_distribution == 'Fedora'
+  register: __install_status
+  until: __install_status is success
+  retries: 6
+  delay: 10
 
 # Since DNF package manager can not warrant installing the kernel module with
 # the same version as the kernel in target machine, install the kernel module