diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d16e00c46941e9f6f7ed345d7aeb0ac291d31324..21ffcb220523bc45318a90737026f2bdac491531 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -129,5 +129,5 @@ release:
     - git config --global user.email "bjoern.ludwig@ptb.de"
     - export CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE=PTB-M4D
     - export CI_PROJECT_NAME=zema_emc_annotated
-    - semantic-release --verbosity=DEBUG publish
+    - semantic-release --verbosity=DEBUG --retry publish
   environment: production