diff --git a/hack/release.sh b/hack/release.sh
index b7bc2d8be..3ca14802d 100755
--- a/hack/release.sh
+++ b/hack/release.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash -xe
 
+function eventually() {
+    retries=2
+    interval=2
+    n=0
+    until [ "$n" -ge $retries ]
+    do
+        $@ && break
+        n=$((n+1))
+        sleep $interval
+    done
+    [ "$n" -lt $retries ]
+}
+
 make IMAGE_TAG=$TAG docker-build docker-push
 
 git tag $TAG
@@ -11,8 +24,9 @@ $GITHUB_RELEASE release -u kubevirt -r cluster-network-addons-operator \
     --description "$(./hack/render-release-notes.sh $(./hack/versions.sh -2) $TAG)"
 
 for resource in "$@" ;do
-    $GITHUB_RELEASE upload -u kubevirt -r cluster-network-addons-operator \
+    eventually $GITHUB_RELEASE upload -u kubevirt -r cluster-network-addons-operator \
         --name $(basename $resource) \
         --tag $TAG \
+        -R \
         --file $resource
 done