diff --git a/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/MetadataManager.java b/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/MetadataManager.java
index 1f65f7f..d3e1b3b 100644
--- a/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/MetadataManager.java
+++ b/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/MetadataManager.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 public class MetadataManager implements IMetadataManager {
     private static final int INITIAL_SLEEP_TIME = 64;
     private static final int RETRY_MULTIPLIER = 4;
-    private static final int MAX_RETRY_COUNT = 6;
+    private static final int MAX_RETRY_COUNT = 10;
     // Set in init().
     public static MetadataManager INSTANCE;
     private final MetadataCache cache = new MetadataCache();