diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 6779bfac..2459b14c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Install system deps
           command: |
+            sudo echo 'Acquire::Retries "5";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80retries
             curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
             echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
             curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo bash -