diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-3-build-and-publish-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/release-3-build-and-publish-artifacts.yml
index 9ec2f85c03..67e59ef716 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-3-build-and-publish-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-3-build-and-publish-artifacts.yml
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ jobs:
           source "${LIBS_DIR}/_exec.sh"
 
           dist_dev_dir=${RELEASEY_DIR}/polaris-dist-dev
-          exec_process svn checkout --username "$SVN_USERNAME" --password "$SVN_PASSWORD" --non-interactive "${APACHE_DIST_URL}${APACHE_DIST_PATH}" "${dist_dev_dir}"
+
+          # Retry logic for SVN checkout (Apache SVN can have transient connectivity issues)
+          exec_process_with_retries 5 60 "${dist_dev_dir}" svn checkout --username "$SVN_USERNAME" --password "$SVN_PASSWORD" --non-interactive "${APACHE_DIST_URL}${APACHE_DIST_PATH}" "${dist_dev_dir}"
 
           version_dir="${dist_dev_dir}/${version_without_rc}"
           exec_process mkdir -p "${version_dir}"
@@ -393,7 +395,9 @@ jobs:
           source "${LIBS_DIR}/_exec.sh"
 
           dist_dev_dir=${RELEASEY_DIR}/polaris-dist-dev
-          exec_process svn checkout --username "$SVN_USERNAME" --password "$SVN_PASSWORD" --non-interactive "${APACHE_DIST_URL}${APACHE_DIST_PATH}" "${dist_dev_dir}"
+
+          # Retry logic for SVN checkout (Apache SVN can have transient connectivity issues)
+          exec_process_with_retries 5 60 "${dist_dev_dir}" svn checkout --username "$SVN_USERNAME" --password "$SVN_PASSWORD" --non-interactive "${APACHE_DIST_URL}${APACHE_DIST_PATH}" "${dist_dev_dir}"
 
           exec_process mkdir -p "${dist_dev_dir}/helm-chart/${version_without_rc}"
           exec_process cp helm/polaris-${version_without_rc}.tgz* "${dist_dev_dir}/helm-chart/${version_without_rc}/"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-4-publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/release-4-publish-release.yml
index 6048af1049..b47d1e9f34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-4-publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-4-publish-release.yml
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ jobs:
           release_helm_dir="${RELEASEY_DIR}/polaris-dist-release-helm-chart"
           release_helm_url="${APACHE_DIST_URL}/release/incubator/polaris/helm-chart"
 
-          exec_process svn checkout --username "$SVN_USERNAME" --password "$SVN_PASSWORD" --non-interactive "${release_helm_url}" "${release_helm_dir}"
+          # Retry logic for SVN checkout (Apache SVN can have transient connectivity issues)
+          exec_process_with_retries 5 60 "${release_helm_dir}" svn checkout --username "$SVN_USERNAME" --password "$SVN_PASSWORD" --non-interactive "${release_helm_url}" "${release_helm_dir}"
 
           exec_process cd "${release_helm_dir}"
           exec_process helm repo index .
diff --git a/releasey/libs/_exec.sh b/releasey/libs/_exec.sh
index ae83c3fad8..3fd0e48b6b 100644
--- a/releasey/libs/_exec.sh
+++ b/releasey/libs/_exec.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,42 @@ function exec_process {
   fi
 }
 
+# Executes a command with retry logic
+# Args:
+#   $1: max_attempts - Maximum number of retry attempts
+#   $2: sleep_duration - Seconds to wait between retries
+#   $3: cleanup_path - Path to clean up before retrying (can be empty)
+#   $@: Command and arguments to execute
+function exec_process_with_retries {
+  if [[ $# -lt 4 ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: exec_process_with_retries requires: max_attempts sleep_duration cleanup_path command [args...]"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  local max_attempts="${1}"
+  local sleep_duration="${2}"
+  local cleanup_path="${3}"
+  shift 3
+
+  local attempt=1
+  while true; do
+    if exec_process "$@"; then
+      break
+    fi
+    if [[ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]]; then
+      echo "ERROR: Command failed after ${max_attempts} attempts: ${*}"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "WARNING: Command failed (attempt ${attempt}/${max_attempts}), retrying in ${sleep_duration} seconds..."
+    # Clean up any partial state before retrying
+    if [[ -n "${cleanup_path}" && -e "${cleanup_path}" ]]; then
+      rm -rf "${cleanup_path}"
+    fi
+    sleep "${sleep_duration}"
+    ((attempt++))
+  done
+}
+
 function calculate_sha512 {
   local source_file="$1"
   local target_file="${source_file}.sha512"