diff --git a/changelog.d/3276.misc.rst b/changelog.d/3276.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43a805612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/3276.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Made docs linkcheck try link 3 times before declaring it broken.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 738c0396a..a7b379e36 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ texinfo_documents = [
 # A list of regular expressions that match URIs that should not be
 # checked when doing a linkcheck build.
 linkcheck_ignore = [r"https://java.com*", r"https://chocolatey.org*"]
+linkcheck_retries = 3
 
 
 # -- Options for extensions -----------------------------------------------