diff --git a/src/platform/packages/private/kbn-telemetry-tools/src/tools/tasks/validate_schema_changes.ts b/src/platform/packages/private/kbn-telemetry-tools/src/tools/tasks/validate_schema_changes.ts
index 67bdeadd26fdf..c87818b84aa57 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/private/kbn-telemetry-tools/src/tools/tasks/validate_schema_changes.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/private/kbn-telemetry-tools/src/tools/tasks/validate_schema_changes.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ export function validateSchemaChanges({ baselineSha, roots, reporter }: TaskCont
           },
           title: `Downloading /${baselineSha}/${path} from Github`,
           enabled: (_) => Boolean(!isPullRequestPipeline || root.configChanged),
+          retry: {
+            delay: 2000,
+            tries: 5,
+          },
         },
         {
           task: async () => {