diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9cfaf40bb..02de798f3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.3-0.20211214071223-8958f93039ab
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.1-0.20220115184804-dd687eb2f2d4
 	github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20210104183010-2eb08e3e575f
 	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.29.0
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/avast/retry-go/v4 v4.3.2
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds v1.12.6
 	github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime v0.0.0-20220913141151-9b49a6ddc6fd
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0cb822eb1..8810ef58b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20200907205600-7a23bdc65eef h1:46PFijGL
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20200907205600-7a23bdc65eef/go.mod h1:WaHUgvxTVq04UNunO+XhnAqY/wQc+bxr74GqbsZ/Jqw=
 github.com/ashanbrown/forbidigo v1.2.0/go.mod h1:vVW7PEdqEFqapJe95xHkTfB1+XvZXBFg8t0sG2FIxmI=
 github.com/ashanbrown/makezero v0.0.0-20210520155254-b6261585ddde/go.mod h1:oG9Dnez7/ESBqc4EdrdNlryeo7d0KcW1ftXHm7nU/UU=
+github.com/avast/retry-go/v4 v4.3.2 h1:x4sTEu3jSwr7zNjya8NTdIN+U88u/jtO/q3OupBoDtM=
+github.com/avast/retry-go/v4 v4.3.2/go.mod h1:rg6XFaiuFYII0Xu3RDbZQkxCofFwruZKW8oEF1jpWiU=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.15.11/go.mod h1:mFuSZ37Z9YOHbQEwBWztmVzqXrEkub65tZoCYDt7FT0=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.23.20/go.mod h1:KmX6BPdI08NWTb3/sm4ZGu5ShLoqVDhKgpiN924inxo=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.25.37/go.mod h1:KmX6BPdI08NWTb3/sm4ZGu5ShLoqVDhKgpiN924inxo=
@@ -1585,6 +1587,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qt09Ya8vawLte6SNmTgCsAVtYtaKzEcn8ATUoHMkEqE=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v0.0.0-20170130113145-4d4bfba8f1d1/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v0.0.0-20180303142811-b89eecf5ca5d/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.1.4/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
@@ -1596,8 +1599,9 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.5/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
 github.com/sylabs/sif/v2 v2.7.1/go.mod h1:bBse2nEFd3yHkmq6KmAOFEWQg5LdFYiQUdVcgamxlc8=
 github.com/sylvia7788/contextcheck v1.0.4/go.mod h1:vuPKJMQ7MQ91ZTqfdyreNKwZjyUg6KO+IebVyQDedZQ=
diff --git a/pkg/adaptor/proxy/service.go b/pkg/adaptor/proxy/service.go
index ba3b48037..35b2bcd03 100644
--- a/pkg/adaptor/proxy/service.go
+++ b/pkg/adaptor/proxy/service.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/avast/retry-go/v4"
 	"github.com/confidential-containers/cloud-api-adaptor/pkg/util/agentproto"
 	cri "github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/cri/annotations"
 	crio "github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/annotations"
@@ -138,14 +139,22 @@ func (s *proxyService) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, req *pb.CreateContai
 			ContainerId: req.ContainerId,
 		}
 
-		pullImageRes, pullImageErr := s.Redirector.PullImage(ctx, pullImageReq)
-
-		if pullImageErr != nil {
-			logger.Printf("CreateContainer: failed to call PullImage, probably because the image has already been pulled. ignored: %v", pullImageErr)
-		} else {
-			logger.Printf("CreateContainer: successfully pulled image %q", pullImageRes.ImageRef)
+		err = retry.Do(
+			func() error {
+				pullImageRes, pullImageErr := s.Redirector.PullImage(ctx, pullImageReq)
+				if pullImageErr != nil {
+					logger.Printf("CreateContainer: failed to call PullImage, probably because the image has already been pulled. ignored: %v", pullImageErr)
+					return pullImageErr
+				}
+				logger.Printf("CreateContainer: successfully pulled image %q", pullImageRes.ImageRef)
+				return nil
+			},
+		)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Printf("PullImage fails: %v", err)
+			return nil, err
 		}
-
 		// kata-agent uses this annotation to fix the image bundle path
 		// https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/8ad86e2ec9d26d2ef07f3bf794352a3fda7597e5/src/agent/src/rpc.rs#L694-L696
 		req.OCI.Annotations[cri.ImageName] = imageName