diff --git a/bin/utils b/bin/utils
index 6d16aac6da5855033fcce160d361d01b515d34a4..a6b41807d345981dd0a394b968e7db8a42ff24e5 100755
--- a/bin/utils
+++ b/bin/utils
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ shopt -s extglob
 
 # The standard library.
 if [[ ! -f  /tmp/stdlib.sh ]]; then
-  curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/heroku/buildpack-stdlib/v2/stdlib.sh > /tmp/stdlib.sh
+  curl --retry 3 -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/heroku/buildpack-stdlib/v2/stdlib.sh > /tmp/stdlib.sh
 fi
 source /tmp/stdlib.sh