diff --git a/playbooks/roles/security/tasks/security-ubuntu.yml b/playbooks/roles/security/tasks/security-ubuntu.yml
index 3352129bb8b..1929c59688f 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/security/tasks/security-ubuntu.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/security/tasks/security-ubuntu.yml
@@ -69,3 +69,6 @@
   with_items:
     - unattended-upgrade --dry-run
     - unattended-upgrade
+  register: ubuntu_security
+  retries: 3
+  until: ubuntu_security is succeeded