diff --git a/.gitlab/templates/pipeline.yaml.tpl b/.gitlab/templates/pipeline.yaml.tpl
index 76e1e3598..c6b3e5395 100644
--- a/.gitlab/templates/pipeline.yaml.tpl
+++ b/.gitlab/templates/pipeline.yaml.tpl
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ bottlecap ({{ $flavor.name }}):
   image: registry.ddbuild.io/images/docker:20.10
   tags: ["arch:{{ $flavor.arch }}"]
   needs: []
+  # This job sometimes times out on GitLab for unclear reason.
+  # Set a short timeout with retries to work around this.
+  timeout: 10m
+  retry:
+    max: 1
+    when:
+      - stuck_or_timeout_failure
+      - runner_system_failure
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 1 week
     paths: