diff --git a/src/cmd/uds.go b/src/cmd/uds.go
index 68dd4981..4357284f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/uds.go
+++ b/src/cmd/uds.go
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ func init() {
 	deployCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&config.CommonOptions.Confirm, "confirm", "c", false, lang.CmdBundleDeployFlagConfirm)
 	deployCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&bundleCfg.DeployOpts.Packages, "packages", "p", []string{}, lang.CmdBundleDeployFlagPackages)
 	deployCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&bundleCfg.DeployOpts.Resume, "resume", "r", false, lang.CmdBundleDeployFlagResume)
+	deployCmd.Flags().IntVar(&bundleCfg.DeployOpts.Retries, "retries", 1, lang.CmdBundleDeployFlagRetries)
 
 	// inspect cmd flags
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(inspectCmd)
diff --git a/src/config/lang/lang.go b/src/config/lang/lang.go
index ef06a452..03e17d4f 100644
--- a/src/config/lang/lang.go
+++ b/src/config/lang/lang.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const (
 	CmdBundleDeployFlagPackages = "Specify which zarf packages you would like to deploy from the bundle. By default all zarf packages in the bundle are deployed."
 	CmdBundleDeployFlagResume   = "Only deploys packages from the bundle which haven't already been deployed"
 	CmdBundleDeployFlagSet      = "Specify deployment variables to set on the command line (KEY=value)"
+	CmdBundleDeployFlagRetries  = "Specify the number of retries for package deployments (applies to all pkgs in a bundle)"
 
 	// bundle inspect
 	CmdBundleInspectShort            = "Display the metadata of a bundle"
diff --git a/src/pkg/bundle/deploy.go b/src/pkg/bundle/deploy.go
index 006b7dd1..64187b5a 100644
--- a/src/pkg/bundle/deploy.go
+++ b/src/pkg/bundle/deploy.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func deployPackages(packages []types.Package, resume bool, b *Bundle) error {
 			OptionalComponents: strings.Join(pkg.OptionalComponents, ","),
 			PublicKeyPath:      publicKeyPath,
 			SetVariables:       pkgVars,
-			Retries:            1,
+			Retries:            b.cfg.DeployOpts.Retries,
 		}
 
 		valuesOverrides, err := b.loadChartOverrides(pkg, pkgVars)
diff --git a/src/types/options.go b/src/types/options.go
index e8c6d256..1b2f41f4 100644
--- a/src/types/options.go
+++ b/src/types/options.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ type BundleDeployOptions struct {
 	Variables          map[string]map[string]interface{} `yaml:"variables,omitempty"`
 	SharedVariables    map[string]interface{}            `yaml:"shared,omitempty"`
 	ZarfPackageNameMap map[string]string                 `yaml:"-" json:"-"`
+	Retries            int                               `yaml:"retries"`
 }
 
 // BundleInspectOptions is the options for the bundler.Inspect() function