diff --git a/lua/nvim-treesitter/install.lua b/lua/nvim-treesitter/install.lua
index 81fad11d2..c19a000e5 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-treesitter/install.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-treesitter/install.lua
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ local function do_download(logger, url, project_name, cache_dir, revision, outpu
       '--silent',
       '--fail',
       '--show-error',
+      '--retry',
+      '3',
       '-L', -- follow redirects
       target,
       '--output',