diff --git a/de/heat-templates/scripts/functions.sh b/de/heat-templates/scripts/functions.sh
index b106bd9..7c44921 100644
--- a/de/heat-templates/scripts/functions.sh
+++ b/de/heat-templates/scripts/functions.sh
@@ -340,7 +340,10 @@
     for image in $(docker container run --rm --name ucp -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock ${DOCKER_UCP_IMAGE} images --list); do
         pull_image "${image_prefix}/${image##*/}"
         if [[ $KUBERNETES_CONTAINER_RUNTIME == "crio" ]]; then
-            nerdctl --address  unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock -n k8s.io  tag ${image_prefix}/${image##*/} mirantis/${image##*/}
+            function retry_nerdctl_tag {
+                nerdctl --address  unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock -n k8s.io  tag ${image_prefix}/${image##*/} mirantis/${image##*/}
+            }
+            retry 10 "Failed to tag image" retry_nerdctl_tag
         fi
         docker tag ${image_prefix}/${image##*/} mirantis/${image##*/}
     done