diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml
index f98db238697..d93ab45c8dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
       - name: Trigger Vercel Deploy
-        run: curl -X POST "${{ secrets.VERCEL_DEPLOY_HOOK }}"
+        run: curl -fsS --retry 3 --retry-delay 10 -X POST "${{ secrets.VERCEL_DEPLOY_HOOK }}"
 
   deploy-docs:
     if: github.repository == 'NousResearch/hermes-agent'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/skills-index-freshness.yml b/.github/workflows/skills-index-freshness.yml
index badbd989a0c..a09bdb87e42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/skills-index-freshness.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/skills-index-freshness.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           URL="https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/api/skills-index.json"
           echo "Probing $URL"
           # -L follows redirects; -f fails on HTTP errors; -s suppresses progress
-          if ! curl -fsSL -o /tmp/skills-index.json "$URL"; then
+          if ! curl -fsSL --retry 3 --retry-delay 10 -o /tmp/skills-index.json "$URL"; then
             echo "status=fetch-failed" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
             echo "detail=Could not download $URL" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
             exit 0