diff --git a/src/cmd/uds.go b/src/cmd/uds.go
index 68dd49815..4357284fa 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 ef06a452c..03e17d4f9 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 006b7dd18..64187b5af 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/test/e2e/bundle_test.go b/src/test/e2e/bundle_test.go
index aa6bf7c45..1a1bde238 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/bundle_test.go
+++ b/src/test/e2e/bundle_test.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func TestPackagesFlag(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cmd := strings.Split("zarf tools kubectl get deployments -A -o=jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}'", " ")
 	t.Run("Test only podinfo deploy (local pkg)", func(t *testing.T) {
-		deployPackagesFlag(bundlePath, "podinfo")
+		deployPackagesFlag(t, bundlePath, "podinfo")
 		deployments, _, _ := e2e.UDS(cmd...)
 		require.Contains(t, deployments, "podinfo")
 		require.NotContains(t, deployments, "nginx")
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func TestPackagesFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("Test only nginx deploy and remove (remote pkg)", func(t *testing.T) {
-		deployPackagesFlag(bundlePath, "nginx")
+		deployPackagesFlag(t, bundlePath, "nginx")
 		deployments, _, _ := e2e.UDS(cmd...)
 		require.Contains(t, deployments, "nginx")
 		require.NotContains(t, deployments, "podinfo")
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func TestPackagesFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("Test both podinfo and nginx deploy and remove", func(t *testing.T) {
-		deployPackagesFlag(bundlePath, "podinfo,nginx")
+		deployPackagesFlag(t, bundlePath, "podinfo,nginx")
 		deployments, _, _ := e2e.UDS(cmd...)
 		require.Contains(t, deployments, "podinfo")
 		require.Contains(t, deployments, "nginx")
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func TestPackagesFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("Test invalid package deploy", func(t *testing.T) {
-		_, stderr := deployPackagesFlag(bundlePath, "podinfo,nginx,peanuts")
+		_, stderr := deployPackagesFlag(t, bundlePath, "podinfo,nginx,peanuts")
 		require.Contains(t, stderr, "invalid zarf packages specified by --packages")
 	})
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func TestResumeFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	getDeploymentsCmd := strings.Split("zarf tools kubectl get deployments -A -o=jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}'", " ")
 
 	// Deploy only podinfo (local pkg)
-	deployPackagesFlag(bundlePath, "podinfo")
+	deployPackagesFlag(t, bundlePath, "podinfo")
 	deployments, _, _ := e2e.UDS(getDeploymentsCmd...)
 	require.Contains(t, deployments, "podinfo")
 	require.NotContains(t, deployments, "nginx")
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func TestResumeFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Contains(t, deployments, "nginx")
 
 	// Deploy only nginx (remote pkg)
-	deployPackagesFlag(bundlePath, "nginx")
+	deployPackagesFlag(t, bundlePath, "nginx")
 	deployments, _, _ = e2e.UDS(getDeploymentsCmd...)
 	require.Contains(t, deployments, "nginx")
 	require.NotContains(t, deployments, "podinfo")
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/commands_test.go b/src/test/e2e/commands_test.go
index c5209da3d..4dc244fe9 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/commands_test.go
+++ b/src/test/e2e/commands_test.go
@@ -119,9 +119,10 @@ func runCmd(t *testing.T, input string) (stdout string, stderr string) {
 	return stdout, stderr
 }
 
-func deployPackagesFlag(tarballPath string, packages string) (stdout string, stderr string) {
+func deployPackagesFlag(t *testing.T, tarballPath string, packages string) (stdout string, stderr string) {
 	cmd := strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("deploy %s --confirm -l=debug --packages %s --no-tea", tarballPath, packages), " ")
-	stdout, stderr, _ = e2e.UDS(cmd...)
+	stdout, stderr, err := e2e.UDS(cmd...)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return stdout, stderr
 }
 
diff --git a/src/types/options.go b/src/types/options.go
index e8c6d2563..1b2f41f40 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