diff --git a/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt-multiarch.yml b/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt-multiarch.yml
index e0ade2bbc50..6241664de25 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt-multiarch.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt-multiarch.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 - name: install hello:{{ apt_foreign_arch }} with apt
   apt: pkg=hello:{{ apt_foreign_arch }} state=present update_cache=yes
+  register: apt_result
+  until: apt_result is success
 
 - name: uninstall hello:{{ apt_foreign_arch }} with apt
   apt: pkg=hello:{{ apt_foreign_arch }} state=absent purge=yes
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt.yml b/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt.yml
index f9fcdfe3d0b..871cb0d7ba9 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 - name: uninstall hello with apt
   apt: pkg=hello state=absent purge=yes
   register: apt_result
+  until: apt_result is success
 
 - name: check hello with dpkg
   shell: dpkg-query -l hello