diff --git a/.semaphoreci/setup.sh b/.semaphoreci/setup.sh
index 56bb0169d..e8c6e1e2e 100755
--- a/.semaphoreci/setup.sh
+++ b/.semaphoreci/setup.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ docker version
 pip install --user -r requirements.txt
 
 make pull-images
-make validate
+ci_retry make validate