diff --git a/tasks/apk/packages.yaml b/tasks/apk/packages.yaml
index 733c8cb..d09cd67 100644
--- a/tasks/apk/packages.yaml
+++ b/tasks/apk/packages.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 - name: "manage packages"
   when: 'ansible_os_family == "Alpine"'
   become: true
-  retries: 3
   block:
 
     # install packages
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@
         name: "{{ item }}"
         state: "present"
         update_cache: true
+      retries: 3
       with_items:
         - "bash"
         - "btop"