diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index e54c5f7..79b0b10 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -12105,7 +12105,7 @@ var got$1 = got;
 const ENV_CACHE_DAEMONDIR = 'MAGIC_NIX_CACHE_DAEMONDIR';
 const gotClient = got$1.extend({
     retry: {
-        limit: 5,
+        limit: 1,
         methods: ['POST', 'GET', 'PUT', 'HEAD', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS', 'TRACE'],
     },
     hooks: {
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 2ea291e..fce7712 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const ENV_CACHE_DAEMONDIR = 'MAGIC_NIX_CACHE_DAEMONDIR';
 
 const gotClient = got.extend({
   retry: {
-    limit: 5,
+    limit: 1,
     methods: [ 'POST', 'GET', 'PUT', 'HEAD', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS', 'TRACE' ],
   },
   hooks: {