diff --git a/src/virtio/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml b/src/virtio/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
index ec86d431348..496963051b6 100644
--- a/src/virtio/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
+++ b/src/virtio/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 .venus-manual-rules:
   stage: layered-backends
+  retry: !reference [.scheduled_pipeline-rules, retry]
   rules:
     - !reference [.test, rules]
     - !reference [.lavapipe-manual-rules, rules]