diff --git a/molecule/end-to-end_demo/converge.yml b/molecule/end-to-end_demo/converge.yml
index 43d99be..534192e 100644
--- a/molecule/end-to-end_demo/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/end-to-end_demo/converge.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@
         release_namespace: ingress-nginx-ns
         values_files:
           - /root/demo/ingress-controller/helm-values.yml
+      register: helm_result
+      changed_when: false
+      until: helm_result.rc != 0
+      retries: 2
+      delay: 5
 
 - name: Cert Manager
   hosts:
@@ -111,6 +116,11 @@
             release_namespace: cert-manager-ns
             values_files:
               - /root/demo/cert-manager/helm-values.yml
+          register: helm_result
+          changed_when: false
+          until: helm_result.rc != 0
+          retries: 2
+          delay: 5
 
     - name: Prepare CA certificate
       block:
diff --git a/molecule/end-to-end_demo/molecule.yml b/molecule/end-to-end_demo/molecule.yml
index decdcb6..5ed2845 100644
--- a/molecule/end-to-end_demo/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/end-to-end_demo/molecule.yml
@@ -243,5 +243,3 @@ scenario:
     - converge
     - side_effect
     - verify
-    - cleanup
-    - destroy
diff --git a/molecule/verify-common.yml b/molecule/verify-common.yml
index 30cf58b..2f177cd 100644
--- a/molecule/verify-common.yml
+++ b/molecule/verify-common.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     - name: Query health endpoint to show output  # noqa: command-instead-of-module
       ansible.builtin.shell: |
         set -o pipefail && \
-        curl -k https://localhost:6443/livez?verbose
+        curl -k --retry 5 https://localhost:6443/livez?verbose 2>/dev/null
       args:
         executable: /bin/bash
       register: curl_show