diff --git a/ts/updater/common.ts b/ts/updater/common.ts
index 0d0b294a8..5d1df1f1f 100644
--- a/ts/updater/common.ts
+++ b/ts/updater/common.ts
@@ -180,6 +180,13 @@ export abstract class Updater {
 
     const mainWindow = this.getMainWindow();
     mainWindow?.webContents.send('show-update-dialog', dialogType);
+
+    this.setUpdateListener(async () => {
+      this.logger.info('updater/markCannotUpdate: retrying after user action');
+
+      this.markedCannotUpdate = false;
+      await this.checkForUpdatesMaybeInstall();
+    });
   }
 
   //
diff --git a/ts/updater/got.ts b/ts/updater/got.ts
index c85e83121..9dfe6fa0d 100644
--- a/ts/updater/got.ts
+++ b/ts/updater/got.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ import * as packageJson from '../../package.json';
 import { getUserAgent } from '../util/getUserAgent';
 import * as durations from '../util/durations';
 
-export const GOT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 5 * durations.MINUTE;
-export const GOT_LOOKUP_TIMEOUT = 5 * durations.MINUTE;
-export const GOT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT = 5 * durations.MINUTE;
+export const GOT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = durations.MINUTE;
+export const GOT_LOOKUP_TIMEOUT = durations.MINUTE;
+export const GOT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT = durations.MINUTE;
+const GOT_RETRY_LIMIT = 3;
 
 export function getProxyUrl(): string | undefined {
   return process.env.HTTPS_PROXY || process.env.https_proxy;
@@ -47,5 +48,19 @@ export function getGotOptions(): GotOptions {
       // This timeout is reset whenever we get new data on the socket
       socket: GOT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT,
     },
+    retry: {
+      limit: GOT_RETRY_LIMIT,
+      errorCodes: [
+        'ETIMEDOUT',
+        'ECONNRESET',
+        'ECONNREFUSED',
+        'EPIPE',
+        'ENOTFOUND',
+        'ENETUNREACH',
+        'EAI_AGAIN',
+      ],
+      methods: ['GET', 'HEAD'],
+      statusCodes: [413, 429, 503],
+    },
   };
 }