diff --git a/.woodpecker/build-3.yml b/.woodpecker/build-3.yml
index 035b001..4197023 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/build-3.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/build-3.yml
@@ -194,13 +194,15 @@ steps:
     environment:
       NODE_OPTIONS: "--dns-result-order=ipv4first"
     commands:
-      - echo "=== DNS diagnostics ==="
-      - cat /etc/resolv.conf
       - echo "=== npm/node versions ==="
       - node --version
       - npm --version
-      - echo "=== Setting npm config ==="
-      - npm config set fetch-timeout 60000
+      - echo "=== Configuring npm for K8s DNS stability ==="
+      - npm config set maxsockets 3
+      - npm config set fetch-retries 5
+      - npm config set fetch-retry-mintimeout 20000
+      - npm config set fetch-retry-maxtimeout 120000
+      - npm config set fetch-timeout 300000
       - npm config set loglevel http
       - echo "=== Starting npm ci ==="
       - cd frontend && npm ci