diff --git a/Tasks/DownloadBuildArtifactsV0/main.ts b/Tasks/DownloadBuildArtifactsV0/main.ts
index 73baeeb26905..cb8004861856 100644
--- a/Tasks/DownloadBuildArtifactsV0/main.ts
+++ b/Tasks/DownloadBuildArtifactsV0/main.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
         var retryLimit = parseInt(tl.getVariable("VSTS_HTTP_RETRY")) ? parseInt(tl.getVariable("VSTS_HTTP_RETRY")) : 4;
 
         var templatePath: string = path.join(__dirname, 'vsts.handlebars.txt');
-        var buildApi: IBuildApi = await webApi.getBuildApi();
+        var buildApi: IBuildApi = await executeWithRetries("getBuildApi", () => webApi.getBuildApi(), retryLimit).catch((reason) => {
+            reject(reason);
+            return;
+        });
         var artifacts = [];
 
         if (isCurrentBuild) {
diff --git a/Tasks/DownloadBuildArtifactsV0/task.json b/Tasks/DownloadBuildArtifactsV0/task.json
index 04bdc4f44a79..1215445e0870 100644
--- a/Tasks/DownloadBuildArtifactsV0/task.json
+++ b/Tasks/DownloadBuildArtifactsV0/task.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "version": {
         "Major": 0,
         "Minor": 153,
-        "Patch": 2
+        "Patch": 3
     },
     "groups": [
         {
diff --git a/Tasks/DownloadBuildArtifactsV0/task.loc.json b/Tasks/DownloadBuildArtifactsV0/task.loc.json
index 7967b9114994..a303526bd8d9 100644
--- a/Tasks/DownloadBuildArtifactsV0/task.loc.json
+++ b/Tasks/DownloadBuildArtifactsV0/task.loc.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "version": {
     "Major": 0,
     "Minor": 153,
-    "Patch": 2
+    "Patch": 3
   },
   "groups": [
     {