diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/Rocky.yml b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/Rocky.yml
index 9140fba..199a73e 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/Rocky.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/Rocky.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@
         enabled: yes
         state: started
 
+    - name: Wait for containerd socket
+      ansible.builtin.wait_for:
+        path: /run/containerd/containerd.sock
+        state: present
+        timeout: 30
+
     - name: Install Kubernetes packages
       dnf:
         name:
@@ -94,7 +100,11 @@
           - kubectl
         disable_excludes: kubernetes
         state: present
-
+      register: k8s_install
+      retries: 5
+      delay: 10
+      until: k8s_install is succeeded
+      
     - name: Enable kubelet
       systemd:
         name: kubelet