diff --git a/tool/downloader.rb b/tool/downloader.rb
index 66de59066b..23c81ee6cb 100644
--- a/tool/downloader.rb
+++ b/tool/downloader.rb
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class Downloader
       $stdout.flush
     end
     begin
-      data = with_retry(3) do
+      data = with_retry(6) do
         url.read(options.merge(http_options(file, since.nil? ? true : since)))
       end
     rescue OpenURI::HTTPError => http_error