diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/kind-on-kata-smoke.yml b/.gitea/workflows/kind-on-kata-smoke.yml
index 816bb7d..19ff9ef 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/kind-on-kata-smoke.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/kind-on-kata-smoke.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -eu
           apk add --no-cache ca-certificates curl docker-cli
-          curl -fsSLo /tmp/kind "https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/${KIND_VERSION}/kind-linux-amd64"
-          curl -fsSLo /tmp/kind.sha256sum "https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/${KIND_VERSION}/kind-linux-amd64.sha256sum"
+          curl --retry 5 --retry-all-errors --connect-timeout 15 -fsSLo /tmp/kind \
+            "https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/${KIND_VERSION}/kind-linux-amd64"
+          curl --retry 5 --retry-all-errors --connect-timeout 15 -fsSLo /tmp/kind.sha256sum \
+            "https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/${KIND_VERSION}/kind-linux-amd64.sha256sum"
           expected="$(awk '{print $1}' /tmp/kind.sha256sum)"
           printf '%s  %s\n' "$expected" /tmp/kind | sha256sum -c -
           install -m 0755 /tmp/kind /usr/local/bin/kind