diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-calico/common-services.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-calico/common-services.yaml
index dd06454..b446afc 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-calico/common-services.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-calico/common-services.yaml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
      salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@kubernetes:pool' state.sls kubernetes.pool;
      salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@kubernetes:pool' cmd.run 'calicoctl node status';
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 2, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Setup NAT for Calico
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-calico/sl.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-calico/sl.yaml
index 8b708c9..7939368 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-calico/sl.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-calico/sl.yaml
@@ -150,5 +150,5 @@
 - description: Configure Grafana dashboards and datasources
   cmd: salt -C 'I@grafana:client' state.sls grafana.client
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
+  retry: {count: 2, delay: 15}
   skip_fail: false