diff --git a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-common b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-common
index ee174e159..8945c37d9 100644
--- a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-common
+++ b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-common
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ elastic_fleet_bulk_package_install() {
 }
 
 elastic_fleet_installed_packages() {
-    curl -s -K /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config -b "sid=$SESSIONCOOKIE" -L -X GET -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' "localhost:5601/api/fleet/epm/packages/installed?perPage=500"
+    if ! curl -sK /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config -b "sid=$SESSIONCOOKIE" -L -X GET -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' "localhost:5601/api/fleet/epm/packages/installed?perPage=500" --retry 3 --fail 2>/dev/null; then
+        return 1
+    fi
 }
 
 elastic_fleet_agent_policy_ids() {
diff --git a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-optional-integrations-load b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-optional-integrations-load
index 22ab543ac..833f3255d 100644
--- a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-optional-integrations-load
+++ b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-optional-integrations-load
@@ -172,8 +172,9 @@ if [[ -f $STATE_FILE_SUCCESS  ]]; then
             echo "Elastic integrations don't appear to need installation/updating..."
         fi
         # Write out file for generating index/component/ilm templates
-        latest_installed_package_list=$(elastic_fleet_installed_packages)
-        echo $latest_installed_package_list | jq '[.items[] | {name: .name, es_index_patterns: .dataStreams}]' > $PACKAGE_COMPONENTS
+        if latest_installed_package_list=$(elastic_fleet_installed_packages); then
+            echo $latest_installed_package_list | jq '[.items[] | {name: .name, es_index_patterns: .dataStreams}]' > $PACKAGE_COMPONENTS
+        fi
         if retry 3 1 "so-elasticsearch-query / --fail --output /dev/null"; then
             # Refresh installed component template list
             latest_component_templates_list=$(so-elasticsearch-query _component_template | jq '.component_templates[] | .name' | jq -s '.')