diff --git a/backend-java/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend-java/src/main/resources/application.properties
index fe7a391a..ea9069a8 100644
--- a/backend-java/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend-java/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ quarkus.flyway.enabled=true
 quarkus.flyway.baseline-on-migrate=true
 quarkus.flyway.baseline-version=1
 quarkus.flyway.clean-on-validation-error=true
+quarkus.flyway.connect-retries=10
 quarkus.swagger-ui.always-include=true
 # this should fix the compatibility issue
 quarkus.native.additional-build-args=-march=compatibility