diff --git a/roles/vault/tasks/cluster/systemd.yml b/roles/vault/tasks/cluster/systemd.yml
index 8df52f982..f7139d336 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 }}"