diff --git a/CI/cdash_handler.py b/CI/cdash_handler.py
index 5b3e05cd1bf870cc68df1465f96943b6126b1e6f..7a19d5a87f870f785565319d0dcd24dc47de6df4 100644
--- a/CI/cdash_handler.py
+++ b/CI/cdash_handler.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ site:"+site+", stamp:"+stamp+", name:"+name+", project:"+project+".")
     full_url = self.url + buildid_api + buildid_params
     if trace:
       print("full_url: "+full_url)
-    nb_try = 3
+    nb_try = 6
     build_id_regex = re.compile( "<buildid>([0-9]+)</buildid>" )
     while nb_try:
       response = urllib.request.urlopen(full_url).read().decode()