diff --git a/tests/e2e/util.go b/tests/e2e/util.go
index f9aeb63c41..7b36f3a75a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/util.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/util.go
@@ -1543,10 +1543,21 @@ func checkVcenterServicesRunning(
 // httpRequest takes client and http Request as input and performs GET operation
 // and returns bodybytes
 func httpRequest(client *http.Client, req *http.Request) ([]byte, int) {
+	var bodyBytes []byte
 	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+	maxRetries := 3
+	for attempt := 1; attempt <= maxRetries; attempt++ {
+		framework.Logf("Attempt %d of httpRequest ", attempt)
+		// Create the request
+		bodyBytes, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if err == nil {
+			break
+		}
+		time.Sleep(pollTimeoutShort)
+	}
 	framework.Logf("API Response status %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/vmservice_utils.go b/tests/e2e/vmservice_utils.go
index 7b76267d6c..22c1443bc9 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/vmservice_utils.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/vmservice_utils.go
@@ -331,12 +331,24 @@ func invokeVCRestAPIGetRequest(vcRestSessionId string, url string) ([]byte, int)
 
 // invokeVCRestAPIPostRequest invokes POST on given VC REST URL using the passed session token and request body
 func invokeVCRestAPIPostRequest(vcRestSessionId string, url string, reqBody string) ([]byte, int) {
+	var err error
+	var req *http.Request
+
 	transCfg := &http.Transport{
 		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
 	}
 	httpClient := &http.Client{Transport: transCfg}
-	framework.Logf("Invoking POST on url: %s", url)
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, strings.NewReader(reqBody))
+
+	maxRetries := 3
+	for attempt := 1; attempt <= maxRetries; attempt++ {
+		framework.Logf("Attempt %d: Invoking POST on URL: %s", attempt, url)
+
+		req, err = http.NewRequest("POST", url, strings.NewReader(reqBody))
+		if err == nil {
+			break
+		}
+		time.Sleep(pollTimeoutShort)
+	}
 	gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
 	req.Header.Add(vcRestSessionIdHeaderName, vcRestSessionId)
 	req.Header.Add("Content-type", "application/json")