diff --git a/mini-mirror/tools/publish_snapshots.sh b/mini-mirror/tools/publish_snapshots.sh
index 65b0871..8a0da98 100755
--- a/mini-mirror/tools/publish_snapshots.sh
+++ b/mini-mirror/tools/publish_snapshots.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ for source_prefix in /opt/sources/*; do
           -filter-with-deps \
           "${name}" "${repo}" "${dist}" "${component}"
 
-      aptly mirror update -config="${conf}" "${name}"
+      aptly mirror update -config="${conf}" -max-tries=3 "${name}"
       aptly snapshot create -config="${conf}" "${name}" from mirror "${name}"
     done