diff --git a/.buildkite/commtest.yml b/.buildkite/commtest.yml
index b3eaf7e88..39bf61efd 100644
--- a/.buildkite/commtest.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/commtest.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 steps:
   - label: ':docker: Run Commtest'
     plugins:
       - docker-compose#v4.14.0:
           run: commtest
           command: ['bash', 'run-tests-ci.sh']
+          retry:
+            automatic: true
           config:
             - services/docker-compose.yml
             - services/docker-compose.tests.yml
           upload-container-logs: always
           build-parallel: true
     agents:
       - 'autoscaling=true'