diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index ecdd0a3ea514..b19e6272d95e 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ case ${JOB_TYPE} in
         -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true \
         -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat=HH:mm:ss:SSS \
         -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 \
+        -Daether.connector.http.retryHandler.count=5 \
+        -Daether.connector.requestTimeout=120000 \
         "${EXCLUDE_PROJECTS_OPTS[@]}" \
         -T 1C
     RETURN_CODE=$?
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@ case ${JOB_TYPE} in
           -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true \
           -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat=HH:mm:ss:SSS \
           -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 \
+        -Daether.connector.http.retryHandler.count=5 \
+        -Daether.connector.requestTimeout=120000 \
           -DskipTests=true \
           --also-make \
           -T 1C
@@ -162,6 +166,8 @@ case ${JOB_TYPE} in
         -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat=HH:mm:ss:SSS \
         -DskipUnitTests=true \
         -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 \
+        -Daether.connector.http.retryHandler.count=5 \
+        -Daether.connector.requestTimeout=120000 \
         ${SUREFIRE_JVM_OPT}
 
       RETURN_CODE=$?
diff --git a/.kokoro/common.sh b/.kokoro/common.sh
index 84e36200685f..bbc79c14a0e7 100644
--- a/.kokoro/common.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/common.sh
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ function run_integration_tests() {
     -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat=HH:mm:ss:SSS \
     -DskipUnitTests=true \
     -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 \
+    -Daether.connector.http.retryHandler.count=5 \
+        -Daether.connector.requestTimeout=120000 \
     -T 1C
 
   RETURN_CODE=$?
@@ -723,5 +725,10 @@ function install_repo_modules {
   fi
   echo "Installing this repo's modules to local maven."
   mvn -q -B -ntp install ${projects_arg} \
-    -Dcheckstyle.skip -Dfmt.skip -DskipTests -T 1C
+    -Dcheckstyle.skip \
+    -Dfmt.skip \
+    -Daether.connector.http.retryHandler.count=5 \
+        -Daether.connector.requestTimeout=120000 \
+    -DskipTests \
+    -T 1C
 }