diff --git a/tests/jenkins/TestRunBenchmarkTestScript.groovy b/tests/jenkins/TestRunBenchmarkTestScript.groovy
index 2857cce0..3e638614 100644
--- a/tests/jenkins/TestRunBenchmarkTestScript.groovy
+++ b/tests/jenkins/TestRunBenchmarkTestScript.groovy
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class TestRunBenchmarkTestScript extends BuildPipelineTest {
 
         assertThat(curlCommands.size(), equalTo(2))
         assertThat(curlCommands, hasItem(
-                "curl -sSL test://artifact.url --output tests/data/opensearch-1.3.0-bundle.yml".toString()
+                "curl -sSL --retry 5 test://artifact.url --output tests/data/opensearch-1.3.0-bundle.yml".toString()
         ))
 
         def s3DownloadCommands = getCommandExecutions('s3Download', 'bucket').findAll {
diff --git a/tests/jenkins/TestRunPerfTestScript.groovy b/tests/jenkins/TestRunPerfTestScript.groovy
index b06c3686..d3bf8938 100644
--- a/tests/jenkins/TestRunPerfTestScript.groovy
+++ b/tests/jenkins/TestRunPerfTestScript.groovy
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class TestRunPerfTestScript extends BuildPipelineTest {
 
         assertThat(curlCommands.size(), equalTo(2))
         assertThat(curlCommands, hasItem(
-            "curl -sSL test://artifact.url --output tests/data/opensearch-1.3.0-bundle.yml".toString()
+            "curl -sSL --retry 5 test://artifact.url --output tests/data/opensearch-1.3.0-bundle.yml".toString()
         ))
 
         def s3DownloadCommands = getCommandExecutions('s3Download', 'bucket').findAll {
diff --git a/vars/downloadBuildManifest.groovy b/vars/downloadBuildManifest.groovy
index d0d21b97..19b58d34 100644
--- a/vars/downloadBuildManifest.groovy
+++ b/vars/downloadBuildManifest.groovy
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
  */
 def call(Map args = [:]) {
     def lib = library(identifier: "jenkins@main", retriever: legacySCM(scm))
-
-    sh "curl -sSL ${args.url} --output ${args.path}"
+    sh "mkdir -p \$(dirname \"${args.path}\")"
+    sh "touch ${args.path}"
+    sh "curl -sSL --retry 5 ${args.url} --output ${args.path}"
     def buildManifestObj = lib.jenkins.BuildManifest.new(readYaml(file: args.path))
     return buildManifestObj
 }