diff --git a/tasks/util/container_commands.js b/tasks/util/container_commands.js
index af370ba8bda..f5f257e4abb 100644
--- a/tasks/util/container_commands.js
+++ b/tasks/util/container_commands.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var containerCommands = {
 
 containerCommands.ping = [
     'wget',
-    '--server-response --spider --tries=10 --retry-connrefused',
+    '--server-response --spider --tries=20 --retry-connrefused',
     constants.testContainerUrl + 'ping'
 ].join(' ');