diff --git a/scripts/install_plugin.sh b/scripts/install_plugin.sh
index a721126..b940456 100755
--- a/scripts/install_plugin.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_plugin.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ validate_command() {
 # Function to detect the latest version from GitHub API
 get_latest_version() {
     local latest_version
-    latest_version="$(curl -s "${api_repo}" | grep -oE '"name": "v[^"]+' | cut -d 'v' -f 2)"
+    latest_version="$(curl --connect-timeout 15 --retry 3 -s "${api_repo}" | grep -oE '"name": "v[^"]+' | cut -d 'v' -f 2)"
     echo "$latest_version"
 }
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ install_plugin() {
 
     # Download the plugin archive
     if validate_command "curl"; then
-        curl --fail -sSL "${plugin_url}" -o "${plugin_filename}"
+        curl --connect-timeout 15 --retry 3 --fail -sSL "${plugin_url}" -o "${plugin_filename}"
     elif validate_command "wget"; then
         wget -q "${plugin_url}" -O "${plugin_filename}"
     else