diff --git a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests/DockerServiceTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests/DockerServiceTests.cs
index 23be8fc12..b8ae3c34a 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests/DockerServiceTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests/DockerServiceTests.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 using Moq;
+using Polly;
 
 [TestClass]
 [TestCategory("Governance/All")]
@@ -26,7 +27,10 @@ public class DockerServiceTests
     [TestMethod]
     public async Task DockerService_CanPingDockerAsync()
     {
-        var canPingDocker = await this.dockerService.CanPingDockerAsync();
+        var canPingDocker = await Policy.HandleResult<bool>(result => !result)
+            .WaitAndRetryAsync(3, retryAttempt => TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))
+            .ExecuteAsync(() => this.dockerService.CanPingDockerAsync());
+
         canPingDocker.Should().BeTrue();
     }
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests.csproj
index 496f5be8c..8d4ae758e 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests.csproj
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       <PackageReference Include="AwesomeAssertions.Analyzers" PrivateAssets="all" />
       <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
       <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow" />
+      <PackageReference Include="Polly" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>