diff --git a/assets/terraform-modules/packet/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml.tmpl b/assets/terraform-modules/packet/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml.tmpl
index 4ec75eb59..e60ec265b 100644
--- a/assets/terraform-modules/packet/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/assets/terraform-modules/packet/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml.tmpl
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ systemd:
         Description=Flatcar Metadata Agent
         [Service]
         Type=oneshot
+        Restart=on-failure
+        RestartSec=5s
         Environment=COREOS_METADATA_OPT_PROVIDER=--cmdline
         ExecStart=/usr/bin/coreos-metadata $${COREOS_METADATA_OPT_PROVIDER} --attributes=/run/metadata/flatcar
         [Install]
diff --git a/assets/terraform-modules/packet/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/workers/cl/worker.yaml.tmpl b/assets/terraform-modules/packet/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/workers/cl/worker.yaml.tmpl
index 4638ef05b..38af8c8ee 100644
--- a/assets/terraform-modules/packet/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/workers/cl/worker.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/assets/terraform-modules/packet/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/workers/cl/worker.yaml.tmpl
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ systemd:
         Description=Flatcar Container Linux Metadata Agent
         [Service]
         Type=oneshot
+        Restart=on-failure
+        RestartSec=5s
         Environment=COREOS_METADATA_OPT_PROVIDER=--cmdline
         ExecStart=/usr/bin/coreos-metadata $${COREOS_METADATA_OPT_PROVIDER} --attributes=/run/metadata/flatcar
         [Install]