diff --git a/.github/workflows/alpine.yaml b/.github/workflows/alpine.yaml
index a6c7d4a6..8cbee737 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/alpine.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/alpine.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: build
       run: |
         cd "/tmp/$repo" &&
-        make
+        ./retry.sh make
     - name: test
       run: |
         cd "/tmp/$repo" &&