diff --git a/roles/vault/tasks/cluster/systemd.yml b/roles/vault/tasks/cluster/systemd.yml
index 8df52f98255ed0863c1d226ff79eb7b8e463b904..f7139d336bc1159057e6e05b2e7168362f0c42ef 100644
--- a/roles/vault/tasks/cluster/systemd.yml
+++ b/roles/vault/tasks/cluster/systemd.yml
@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@
   register: vault_health_check
   until: vault_health_check|succeeded
   retries: 10
+  delay: "{{ retry_stagger | random + 3 }}"