diff --git a/roles/sushy_emulator/tasks/create_container.yml b/roles/sushy_emulator/tasks/create_container.yml
index 8982e20e45..28f8f98552 100644
--- a/roles/sushy_emulator/tasks/create_container.yml
+++ b/roles/sushy_emulator/tasks/create_container.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@
     name: podman
 
 - name: Pull Sushy Emulator container image
+  register: _sushy_emulator_fetch_img
   containers.podman.podman_image:
     name: "{{ cifmw_sushy_emulator_image }}"
     state: present
+  retries: 3
+  delay: 5
+  until: _sushy_emulator_fetch_img is success
 
 - name: Create and start Sushy Emulator container
   vars: