diff --git a/software/repman/test/test.py b/software/repman/test/test.py
index a2c4e2fa305fc2a7d2683ae36126a862415b1343..4e9d208560aae2706178552bbedd13d47bc2b171 100644
--- a/software/repman/test/test.py
+++ b/software/repman/test/test.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ setUpModule, SlapOSInstanceTestCase = makeModuleSetUpAndTestCaseClass(
 
 class TestRepman(SlapOSInstanceTestCase):
   __partition_reference__ = 'R'
+  # Repman need more deployments and a bit more time to be able to bootstrap correctly
+  instance_max_retry = 20
 
   def setUp(self):
     self.url = self.computer_partition.getConnectionParameterDict()['url']