diff --git a/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs b/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs
index f4806e18..3c4cfdf3 100644
--- a/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs
+++ b/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs
@@ -884,8 +884,9 @@ function envReuseDockerfile(baseImage, labels = [], recipe, service = null) {
     ["GOPROXY", goProxy],
     ["GOTOOLCHAIN", normalizedRecipe.goToolchain || "local"]
   ]) : "";
+  const goDownloadRetryScript = `retry_go_mod_download() { attempts=6; n=1; while ! go mod download; do if [ "$n" -ge "$attempts" ]; then return 1; fi; echo "go mod download attempt $n/$attempts failed; retrying" >&2; n=$((n + 1)); sleep 5; done; }`;
   const goDownloadScript = goCacheEnabled
-    ? `RUN ${downloadEnvPrefix}${goBuildEnvPrefix}set -eu; mkdir -p ${shellQuote(normalizedRecipe.runtimeGoModCachePath)} ${shellQuote(normalizedRecipe.runtimeGoBuildCachePath)}; go mod download`
+    ? `RUN ${downloadEnvPrefix}${goBuildEnvPrefix}set -eu; mkdir -p ${shellQuote(normalizedRecipe.runtimeGoModCachePath)} ${shellQuote(normalizedRecipe.runtimeGoBuildCachePath)}; ${goDownloadRetryScript}; retry_go_mod_download`
     : null;
   const goReadiness = goCacheEnabled
     ? `; mkdir -p ${shellQuote(normalizedRecipe.runtimeGoModCachePath)} ${shellQuote(normalizedRecipe.runtimeGoBuildCachePath)}; command -v go >/dev/null; go version >/tmp/hwlab-env-go-version.txt`