diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs-ceph/openstack.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs-ceph/openstack.yaml
index d064d37..d6fea5f 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs-ceph/openstack.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs-ceph/openstack.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@keystone:client' state.sls keystone.client
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 2, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check keystone service-list