diff --git a/charts/argo-services/templates/workflows/deploy-image/workflow.yaml b/charts/argo-services/templates/workflows/deploy-image/workflow.yaml
index 9e28a765ade..ebaa5491a60 100644
--- a/charts/argo-services/templates/workflows/deploy-image/workflow.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo-services/templates/workflows/deploy-image/workflow.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ spec:
       - name: repoName
       - name: imageTag
       - name: promoteDeployment
+  synchronization:
+    mutexes:
+      - name: deploy-image
   templates:
     - name: deploy-image
       steps:
diff --git a/charts/argo-services/templates/workflows/update-image-tag/workflow.yaml b/charts/argo-services/templates/workflows/update-image-tag/workflow.yaml
index ff41615d0e8..f5b6fe0d4a2 100644
--- a/charts/argo-services/templates/workflows/update-image-tag/workflow.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo-services/templates/workflows/update-image-tag/workflow.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ spec:
       - name: promoteDeployment
   templates:
     - name: update-image-tag
+      retryStrategy:
+        limit: "5"
+        backoff:
+          duration: "1"
+          factor: "2"
+          maxDuration: "1m"
       inputs:
         parameters:
           - name: environment