diff --git a/.circleci/main.yml b/.circleci/main.yml
index a3bfb6db0..7d80f03ff 100644
--- a/.circleci/main.yml
+++ b/.circleci/main.yml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ jobs:
         git checkout FETCH_HEAD
     - run:
         cd rb-pinning-service-api &&
-        docker-compose pull &&
+        (for i in {1..3}; do docker-compose pull && break || sleep 5; done) &&
         docker-compose up -d
 
     - *make_out_dirs