diff --git a/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/vcpkg.yml b/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/vcpkg.yml
index e0beab233..d36802bee 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/vcpkg.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/vcpkg.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ steps:
         ScriptPath: eng/scripts/Set-VcpkgWriteModeCache.ps1
         azurePowerShellVersion: LatestVersion
         pwsh: true
+      # This step is idempotent and can be run multiple times in cases of
+      # failure and partial execution.
+      retryCountOnTaskFailure: 3