diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 19e2594e7a5a8..c1feb226b31e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -192,7 +192,15 @@ jobs:
           run: |
             export ARTIFACTDIR=`pwd`/buildartifacts
 
-            pip install ntfc==0.0.1
+            for i in 1 2 3; do
+              python -m pip install \
+                --default-timeout=100 \
+                --retries 10 \
+                ntfc==0.0.1 && break
+              echo "Retry $i failed..."
+              sleep 5
+            done
+
             mkdir /github/workspace/nuttx-ntfc
             mkdir /github/workspace/nuttx-ntfc/external
             cd /github/workspace/nuttx-ntfc