diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_serverless/promote_es_serverless_image.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_serverless/promote_es_serverless_image.sh
index df58d534bb4f9..f1c7de0f81396 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_serverless/promote_es_serverless_image.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_serverless/promote_es_serverless_image.sh
@@ -78,4 +78,5 @@ steps:
     build:
       env:
         IMAGES_CONFIG="kibana/images.yml"
+        RETRY="1"
 EOF
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_snapshots/promote.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_snapshots/promote.sh
index 7028cafd6e3f7..cb717ac5c9229 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_snapshots/promote.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_snapshots/promote.sh
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ steps:
     build:
       env:
         IMAGES_CONFIG="kibana/images.yml"
+        RETRY="1"
 EOF
 fi