diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 43a6c186747..57cfdeead2e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -81,9 +81,8 @@ variables:
   MESA_TEMPLATES_COMMIT: &ci-templates-commit ea3f77641d91765396beba192b8defd3085fa343
   CI_PRE_CLONE_SCRIPT: |-
           set -o xtrace
-          wget -q -O download-git-cache.sh ${CI_PROJECT_URL}/-/raw/${CI_COMMIT_SHA}/.gitlab-ci/download-git-cache.sh
-          bash download-git-cache.sh
-          rm download-git-cache.sh
+          curl --silent --location --fail --retry-connrefused --retry 3 --retry-delay 10 \
+            ${CI_PROJECT_URL}/-/raw/${CI_COMMIT_SHA}/.gitlab-ci/download-git-cache.sh | bash
           set +o xtrace
   S3_JWT_FILE: /s3_jwt
   S3_JWT_FILE_SCRIPT: |-
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/download-git-cache.sh b/.gitlab-ci/download-git-cache.sh
index 27fb7a930c8..a414f764aeb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/download-git-cache.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/download-git-cache.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ fi
 TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
 
 echo "$(date +"%F %T") Downloading archived master..."
-if ! /usr/bin/wget \
-	      -O "$TMP_DIR/$CI_PROJECT_NAME.tar.gz" \
+if ! curl --location --fail --retry-connrefused --retry 3 --retry-delay 10 \
+              --output "$TMP_DIR/$CI_PROJECT_NAME.tar.gz" \
               "https://${S3_HOST}/${S3_GITCACHE_BUCKET}/${FDO_UPSTREAM_REPO}/$CI_PROJECT_NAME.tar.gz";
 then
     echo "Repository cache not available"