diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index a9dd411c6..b8b71920f 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 COPY ./requirements/default.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
 COPY ./requirements/ee.txt /tmp/ee-requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade \
+        --retries 5 \
+        --timeout 30 \
         -r /tmp/requirements.txt \
         -r /tmp/ee-requirements.txt && \
     pip uninstall -y py && \
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile.model_server b/backend/Dockerfile.model_server
index edfe85e02..04dfd7d81 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile.model_server
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile.model_server
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ ENV DANSWER_VERSION=${DANSWER_VERSION} \
 RUN echo "DANSWER_VERSION: ${DANSWER_VERSION}"
 
 COPY ./requirements/model_server.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /tmp/requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade \
+        --retries 5 \
+        --timeout 30 \
+        -r /tmp/requirements.txt
 
 RUN apt-get remove -y --allow-remove-essential perl-base && \
     apt-get autoremove -y
diff --git a/backend/tests/integration/Dockerfile b/backend/tests/integration/Dockerfile
index d4869dd76..ebd5e11b8 100644
--- a/backend/tests/integration/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/tests/integration/Dockerfile
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 COPY ./requirements/default.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
 COPY ./requirements/ee.txt /tmp/ee-requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade \
+        --retries 5 \
+        --timeout 30 \
         -r /tmp/requirements.txt \
         -r /tmp/ee-requirements.txt && \
     pip uninstall -y py && \