diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers
index a8438d9067..fdf5385412 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ fi
 systemctl start mirrorlist2
 echo "enable server mirror-lists/mirrorlist-local2" | nc -U /var/run/haproxy-admin >& /dev/null
 
-sleep 45
-curl -q -H mirrors.fedoraproject.org "http://localhost:18082/metalink?repo=rawhide&arch=x86_64" -o/dev/null -s -f
+sleep 5
+curl -q -H mirrors.fedoraproject.org "http://localhost:18082/metalink?repo=rawhide&arch=x86_64" -o/dev/null -s -f --retry 50 --retry-delay 10 --retry-connrefused --retry-max-time 180
 if [ $? != 0 ]; then
 	echo "ERROR: mirrorlist2 did not start correctly"
 	exit 1
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ systemctl restart mirrorlist1
 sleep 1
 echo "enable server mirror-lists/mirrorlist-local1" | nc -U /var/run/haproxy-admin >& /dev/null
 
-sleep 45
-curl -q -H mirrors.fedoraproject.org "http://localhost:18081/metalink?repo=rawhide&arch=x86_64" -o/dev/null -s -f
+sleep 5
+curl -q -H mirrors.fedoraproject.org "http://localhost:18081/metalink?repo=rawhide&arch=x86_64" -o/dev/null -s -f --retry 50 --retry-delay 10 --retry-connrefused --retry-max-time 180
 if [ $? != 0 ]; then
 	echo "ERROR: mirrorlist1 did not restart correctly"
 	exit 1