diff --git a/.github/workflows/trigger-gitlab-pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/trigger-gitlab-pipeline.yml
index e8c29cac..281d3e54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trigger-gitlab-pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trigger-gitlab-pipeline.yml
@@ -72,9 +72,12 @@ jobs:
           echo "[ Running pipline check after $SLEEP_DURATION_MINUTES minutes ]"
           sleep $(($SLEEP_DURATION_MINUTES*60))
 
+          retry=1
           job_status=""
-          until [[ $job_status == "success" || $job_status == "failed" || $job_status == "canceled" || $job_status == "skipped" ]]
+          until [[ $retry -gt 5 || $job_status == "success" || $job_status == "failed" || $job_status == "canceled" || $job_status == "skipped" ]]
           do
+            echo "Attempt: $retry"
+
             downstream_pipeline_id=$(curl -sS --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $GITLAB_PAT" \
               --url "$GITLAB_ENDPOINT/$GITLAB_PROJECT_ID/pipelines/$PIPELINE_ID/bridges" \
               | jq -r '[ .[] | select( .name | contains("'"$DOWNSTREAM_PIPELINE_NAME"'")) ]' | jq -r '.[].downstream_pipeline.id')
@@ -85,9 +88,14 @@ jobs:
               | jq -r '[ .[] | select( .name | contains("'"$DOWNSTREAM_JOB_NAME"'")) ]' | jq -r '.[].status')
             echo "($DOWNSTREAM_JOB_NAME) Job status: $job_status"
 
-            [[ $job_status == "running" ]] && sleep $(($CHECK_INTERVAL_MINUTES*60))
+            if [[ $job_status == "running" ]]; then
+              retry=$((retry+1))
+              sleep $(($CHECK_INTERVAL_MINUTES*60))
+            fi
           done
 
+          [[ $retry -gt 5 ]] && echo "Number of retries exceeded, please head to the GitLab job to check what happened" && exit 1
+
           [[ $job_status == "canceled" ]] && echo "GitLab job was cancelled"
 
           [[ $job_status == "skipped" ]] && echo "GitLab job has stopped, please head to the GitLab job to trigger job manually"