diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap_prerequisites.sh b/scripts/bootstrap_prerequisites.sh
index 5c580907c11..90cabaa5c49 100644
--- a/scripts/bootstrap_prerequisites.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap_prerequisites.sh
@@ -205,13 +205,31 @@ echo "Building prerequisites in $PREREQS_BUILD_DIR"
 # Remove below if you wish to debug pre-req build failures
 trap "rm -rf $PREREQS_BUILD_DIR" EXIT
 
+# Retry a command, clearing package-manager metadata between attempts. The CUDA
+# yum repo CDN intermittently serves a stale repomd.xml that points at rotated
+# repodata files, producing 404s; clearing metadata forces a fresh fetch.
+function retry {
+  local n=0 max=5 delay=15
+  until "$@"; do
+    n=$((n+1))
+    if [ "$n" -ge "$max" ]; then
+      echo "Command failed after $max attempts: $*" >&2
+      return 1
+    fi
+    echo "Attempt $n/$max failed; clearing repo metadata and retrying in ${delay}s..." >&2
+    if [ -x "$(command -v dnf)" ]; then dnf clean all || true
+    elif [ -x "$(command -v apt-get)" ]; then apt-get clean || true; fi
+    sleep "$delay"
+  done
+}
+
 function temp_install_if_command_unknown {
   if [ ! -x "$(command -v $1)" ]; then
     if [ -x "$(command -v apt-get)" ]; then
-      if [ -z "$PKG_UNINSTALL" ]; then apt-get update; fi
-      apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends $2
+      if [ -z "$PKG_UNINSTALL" ]; then retry apt-get update; fi
+      retry apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends $2
     elif [ -x "$(command -v dnf)" ]; then
-      dnf install -y --nobest --setopt=install_weak_deps=False $2
+      retry dnf install -y --nobest --setopt=install_weak_deps=False $2
     elif [ -x "$(command -v brew)" ]; then
       HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install $2
     else
diff --git a/scripts/install_prerequisites.sh b/scripts/install_prerequisites.sh
index f19162d5004..8989cd6f084 100755
--- a/scripts/install_prerequisites.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_prerequisites.sh
@@ -205,13 +205,31 @@ echo "Building prerequisites in $PREREQS_BUILD_DIR"
 # Remove below if you wish to debug pre-req build failures
 trap "rm -rf $PREREQS_BUILD_DIR" EXIT
 
+# Retry a command, clearing package-manager metadata between attempts. The CUDA
+# yum repo CDN intermittently serves a stale repomd.xml that points at rotated
+# repodata files, producing 404s; clearing metadata forces a fresh fetch.
+function retry {
+  local n=0 max=5 delay=15
+  until "$@"; do
+    n=$((n+1))
+    if [ "$n" -ge "$max" ]; then
+      echo "Command failed after $max attempts: $*" >&2
+      return 1
+    fi
+    echo "Attempt $n/$max failed; clearing repo metadata and retrying in ${delay}s..." >&2
+    if [ -x "$(command -v dnf)" ]; then dnf clean all || true
+    elif [ -x "$(command -v apt-get)" ]; then apt-get clean || true; fi
+    sleep "$delay"
+  done
+}
+
 function temp_install_if_command_unknown {
   if [ ! -x "$(command -v $1)" ]; then
     if [ -x "$(command -v apt-get)" ]; then
-      if [ -z "$PKG_UNINSTALL" ]; then apt-get update; fi
-      apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends $2
+      if [ -z "$PKG_UNINSTALL" ]; then retry apt-get update; fi
+      retry apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends $2
     elif [ -x "$(command -v dnf)" ]; then
-      dnf install -y --nobest --setopt=install_weak_deps=False $2
+      retry dnf install -y --nobest --setopt=install_weak_deps=False $2
     elif [ -x "$(command -v brew)" ]; then
       HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install $2
     else