diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/rabbitmq-transient-deployment-retries-3702de29914fad26.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/rabbitmq-transient-deployment-retries-3702de29914fad26.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69266cd684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/rabbitmq-transient-deployment-retries-3702de29914fad26.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    RabbitMQ cluster deployment now retries temporary failures while waiting
+    for the cluster to become available.
diff --git a/roles/rabbitmq/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rabbitmq/tasks/main.yml
index a076ac1197..e13c64e873 100644
--- a/roles/rabbitmq/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rabbitmq/tasks/main.yml
@@ -62,3 +62,7 @@
     wait_condition:
       type: ClusterAvailable
       status: "True"
+  register: _rabbitmq_cluster_deployment
+  retries: 3
+  delay: 5
+  until: _rabbitmq_cluster_deployment is not failed