diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-mcp-ocata-dop-sl2/common-services.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-mcp-ocata-dop-sl2/common-services.yaml
index cf66773..7c247b7 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-mcp-ocata-dop-sl2/common-services.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-mcp-ocata-dop-sl2/common-services.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@glusterfs:server' state.sls glusterfs.server.setup -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 2, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check the gluster status