diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/handlers/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/handlers/main.yml
index 70c6414c9..4c24b83a2 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/handlers/main.yml
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@
 
 - name: Preinstall | restart kube-apiserver crio/containerd
   shell: "{{ bin_dir }}/crictl pods --name kube-apiserver* -q | xargs -I% --no-run-if-empty bash -c '{{ bin_dir }}/crictl stopp % && {{ bin_dir }}/crictl rmp %'"
+  register: preinstall_restart_apiserver
+  retries: 10
+  until: preinstall_restart_apiserver.rc == 0
+  delay: 1
   when:
     - container_manager in ['crio', 'containerd']
     - inventory_hostname in groups['kube_control_plane']