diff --git a/docker/rockylinux8-vcpkgDockerfile b/docker/rockylinux8-vcpkgDockerfile
index b096d6d8f750..8d645e6ae0a8 100644
--- a/docker/rockylinux8-vcpkgDockerfile
+++ b/docker/rockylinux8-vcpkgDockerfile
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ ARG VCPKG_TRIPLET=x64-linux-meshlib
 
 FROM rockylinux:8 AS build
 
+COPY scripts/retry.sh /usr/local/bin/retry.sh
+
 RUN echo "install_weak_deps=false" >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf && \
-    dnf -y install epel-release && \
-    dnf -y install --enablerepo powertools \
+    $(: network may flake ) \
+    retry.sh -- dnf -y install epel-release && \
+    retry.sh -- dnf -y install --enablerepo powertools \
         git cmake gcc-toolset-11 ninja-build clang-devel \
         $(: vcpkg requirements ) \
         curl zip unzip tar \
@@ -43,7 +46,6 @@ RUN sed -i 's|https://ftp.gnu.org/|https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gnu.o
 COPY requirements/vcpkg-linux.txt MeshLib/requirements.txt
 COPY thirdparty/vcpkg/ports MeshLib/ports
 COPY thirdparty/vcpkg/triplets MeshLib/triplets
-COPY scripts/retry.sh /usr/local/bin/retry.sh
 
 ARG VCPKG_TRIPLET
 ENV VCPKG_TRIPLET=$VCPKG_TRIPLET
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ RUN ./vcpkg export --host-triplet=${VCPKG_TRIPLET} --overlay-triplets=MeshLib/tr
 FROM nvidia/cuda:12.0.1-devel-rockylinux8 AS production
 
 COPY --from=build /opt/vcpkg /opt/vcpkg
+COPY scripts/retry.sh /usr/local/bin/retry.sh
 
 ENV MR_STATE=DOCKER_BUILD
 ENV MESHLIB_USE_VCPKG=ON
@@ -67,7 +70,8 @@ ARG VCPKG_TRIPLET
 ENV VCPKG_TRIPLET=$VCPKG_TRIPLET
 
 RUN echo "install_weak_deps=false" >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf && \
-    dnf -y install --enablerepo powertools \
+    $(: network may flake ) \
+    retry.sh -- dnf -y install --enablerepo powertools \
         git cmake gcc-toolset-11 ninja-build clang-devel \
         $(: vcpkg requirements ) \
         curl zip unzip tar \
@@ -81,9 +85,9 @@ RUN echo "install_weak_deps=false" >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf && \
     dnf clean all
 
 # install github-cli
-RUN dnf -y install 'dnf-command(config-manager)' && \
-    dnf config-manager --add-repo https://cli.github.com/packages/rpm/gh-cli.repo && \
-    dnf -y install gh && \
+RUN retry.sh -- dnf -y install 'dnf-command(config-manager)' && \
+    retry.sh -- dnf config-manager --add-repo https://cli.github.com/packages/rpm/gh-cli.repo && \
+    retry.sh -- dnf -y install gh && \
     dnf clean all
 
 # install aws cli
diff --git a/docker/rockylinux9-vcpkgDockerfile b/docker/rockylinux9-vcpkgDockerfile
index 56b364d4df70..22bd8346b175 100644
--- a/docker/rockylinux9-vcpkgDockerfile
+++ b/docker/rockylinux9-vcpkgDockerfile
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ ARG VCPKG_TRIPLET=x64-linux-meshlib
 
 FROM rockylinux:9 AS build
 
+COPY scripts/retry.sh /usr/local/bin/retry.sh
+
 RUN echo "install_weak_deps=false" >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf && \
-    dnf -y install --enablerepo crb \
+    $(: network may flake ) \
+    retry.sh -- dnf -y install --enablerepo crb \
         git cmake ninja-build clang-devel \
         $(: vcpkg requirements ) \
         curl-minimal zip unzip tar \
@@ -32,7 +35,6 @@ RUN sed -i 's|https://ftp.gnu.org/|https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gnu.o
 COPY requirements/vcpkg-linux.txt MeshLib/requirements.txt
 COPY thirdparty/vcpkg/ports MeshLib/ports
 COPY thirdparty/vcpkg/triplets MeshLib/triplets
-COPY scripts/retry.sh /usr/local/bin/retry.sh
 
 ARG VCPKG_TRIPLET
 ENV VCPKG_TRIPLET=$VCPKG_TRIPLET
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ RUN ./vcpkg export --host-triplet=${VCPKG_TRIPLET} --overlay-triplets=MeshLib/tr
 FROM nvidia/cuda:12.0.1-devel-rockylinux9 AS production
 
 COPY --from=build /opt/vcpkg /opt/vcpkg
+COPY scripts/retry.sh /usr/local/bin/retry.sh
 
 ENV MR_STATE=DOCKER_BUILD
 ENV MESHLIB_USE_VCPKG=ON
@@ -54,7 +57,8 @@ ARG VCPKG_TRIPLET
 ENV VCPKG_TRIPLET=$VCPKG_TRIPLET
 
 RUN echo "install_weak_deps=false" >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf && \
-    dnf -y install --enablerepo crb \
+    $(: network may flake ) \
+    retry.sh -- dnf -y install --enablerepo crb \
         git cmake ninja-build clang-devel \
         $(: vcpkg requirements ) \
         curl-minimal zip unzip tar \
@@ -68,9 +72,9 @@ RUN echo "install_weak_deps=false" >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf && \
     dnf clean all
 
 # install github-cli
-RUN dnf -y install 'dnf-command(config-manager)' && \
-    dnf config-manager --add-repo https://cli.github.com/packages/rpm/gh-cli.repo && \
-    dnf -y install gh && \
+RUN retry.sh -- dnf -y install 'dnf-command(config-manager)' && \
+    retry.sh -- dnf config-manager --add-repo https://cli.github.com/packages/rpm/gh-cli.repo && \
+    retry.sh -- dnf -y install gh && \
     dnf clean all
 
 # install aws cli