diff --git a/.changeset/patch-retry-downloads.md b/.changeset/patch-retry-downloads.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..42e76525876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/patch-retry-downloads.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+"gh-aw": patch
+---
+Add curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 to installer downloads so transient 502s no longer fail workflows.
diff --git a/actions/setup/sh/install_awf_binary.sh b/actions/setup/sh/install_awf_binary.sh
index ff92b45e243..4fbb46bb891 100755
--- a/actions/setup/sh/install_awf_binary.sh
+++ b/actions/setup/sh/install_awf_binary.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ trap 'rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"' EXIT
 
 # Download checksums
 echo "Downloading checksums from ${CHECKSUMS_URL@Q}..."
-curl -fsSL -o "${TEMP_DIR}/checksums.txt" "${CHECKSUMS_URL}"
+curl -fsSL --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 -o "${TEMP_DIR}/checksums.txt" "${CHECKSUMS_URL}"
 
 verify_checksum() {
   local file="$1"
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ install_linux_binary() {
 
   local binary_url="${BASE_URL}/${awf_binary}"
   echo "Downloading binary from ${binary_url@Q}..."
-  curl -fsSL -o "${TEMP_DIR}/${awf_binary}" "${binary_url}"
+  curl -fsSL --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 -o "${TEMP_DIR}/${awf_binary}" "${binary_url}"
 
   # Verify checksum
   verify_checksum "${TEMP_DIR}/${awf_binary}" "${awf_binary}"
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ install_darwin_binary() {
 
   local binary_url="${BASE_URL}/${awf_binary}"
   echo "Downloading binary from ${binary_url@Q}..."
-  curl -fsSL -o "${TEMP_DIR}/${awf_binary}" "${binary_url}"
+  curl -fsSL --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 -o "${TEMP_DIR}/${awf_binary}" "${binary_url}"
 
   # Verify checksum
   verify_checksum "${TEMP_DIR}/${awf_binary}" "${awf_binary}"
diff --git a/actions/setup/sh/install_copilot_cli.sh b/actions/setup/sh/install_copilot_cli.sh
index 3a508e19eab..050bf4f9892 100755
--- a/actions/setup/sh/install_copilot_cli.sh
+++ b/actions/setup/sh/install_copilot_cli.sh
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ trap 'rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"' EXIT
 
 # Download checksums
 echo "Downloading checksums from ${CHECKSUMS_URL}..."
-curl -fsSL -o "${TEMP_DIR}/SHA256SUMS.txt" "${CHECKSUMS_URL}"
+curl -fsSL --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 -o "${TEMP_DIR}/SHA256SUMS.txt" "${CHECKSUMS_URL}"
 
 # Download binary tarball
 echo "Downloading binary from ${TARBALL_URL}..."
-curl -fsSL -o "${TEMP_DIR}/${TARBALL_NAME}" "${TARBALL_URL}"
+curl -fsSL --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 -o "${TEMP_DIR}/${TARBALL_NAME}" "${TARBALL_URL}"
 
 # Verify checksum
 echo "Verifying SHA256 checksum for ${TARBALL_NAME}..."