diff --git a/data/common/common.yaml b/data/common/common.yaml
--- a/data/common/common.yaml
+++ b/data/common/common.yaml
@@ -1674,7 +1674,9 @@
   - localhost
   - "::1"
 swh::deploy::vault::config:
-  storage: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::storage::config')}"
+  storage:
+    cls: retry
+    storage: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::storage::config')}"
   scheduler: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::scheduler::config::writable')}"
   cache: "%{alias('swh::deploy::vault::config::cache')}"
   vault: