diff --git a/installer/cloud.go b/installer/cloud.go
index 413ed49b8..177a98ebe 100644
--- a/installer/cloud.go
+++ b/installer/cloud.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func Cloud(c *types.Config, update bool) error {
 	}
 
 	indexURL := "http://localhost:9200/.utm-geoip?pretty"
-	indexExists, err := utils.CheckIndexExists(indexURL)
+	indexExists, err := utils.CheckIndexExistsWithRetry(indexURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/installer/master.go b/installer/master.go
index 4fdd57c3a..27e540b65 100644
--- a/installer/master.go
+++ b/installer/master.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func Master(c *types.Config) error {
 	}
 
 	indexURL := "http://localhost:9200/.utm-geoip?pretty"
-	indexExists, err := utils.CheckIndexExists(indexURL)
+	indexExists, err := utils.CheckIndexExistsWithRetry(indexURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/installer/utils/elastic.go b/installer/utils/elastic.go
index 9bb8f1cb5..dae3da2c2 100644
--- a/installer/utils/elastic.go
+++ b/installer/utils/elastic.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // CheckIndexExists checks if the given Elasticsearch index exists by sending an HTTP GET
@@ -26,3 +27,22 @@ func CheckIndexExists(url string) (bool, error) {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 }
+
+// retrying every 5 seconds up to a total duration of 1 minute.
+func CheckIndexExistsWithRetry(url string) (bool, error) {
+	timeout := time.Minute
+	interval := 5 * time.Second
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(timeout)
+
+	var lastErr error
+	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+		exists, err := CheckIndexExists(url)
+		if err == nil {
+			return exists, nil
+		}
+		lastErr = err
+		fmt.Printf("Attempt failed: %v. Retrying in %v...\n", err, interval)
+		time.Sleep(interval)
+	}
+	return false, fmt.Errorf("failed after retries: %v", lastErr)
+}