diff --git a/release/builder/build.sh b/release/builder/build.sh
index 2c4a019fc07..6b5ad07f7bb 100755
--- a/release/builder/build.sh
+++ b/release/builder/build.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ apt-get install curl -y
 apt-get install npm -y
 npm cache clean -f
 npm install -g n
-n 16.19.0
+# Retrying because fails are possible for node.js intallation. See - 
+# https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/1993
+for i in {1..5}; do n 16.19.0 && break || sleep 15; done
 # Install gcloud
 # Cribbed from https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/quickstart-debian-ubuntu
 apt-get install lsb-release -y