diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp-ocata-dvr-openstack.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp-ocata-dvr-openstack.yaml
index 8bca907..304264c 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp-ocata-dvr-openstack.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp-ocata-dvr-openstack.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@nova:controller' state.sls nova -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 2, delay: 15}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check nova service-list
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp-ocata-ovs-openstack.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp-ocata-ovs-openstack.yaml
index 9843a37..1cdb614 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp-ocata-ovs-openstack.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp-ocata-ovs-openstack.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@nova:controller' state.sls nova -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 2, delay: 15}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check nova service-list