diff --git a/liberty-starter-application/src/main/java/com/ibm/liberty/starter/client/BxCodegenClient.java b/liberty-starter-application/src/main/java/com/ibm/liberty/starter/client/BxCodegenClient.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/liberty-starter-application/src/main/java/com/ibm/liberty/starter/client/BxCodegenClient.java
+++ b/liberty-starter-application/src/main/java/com/ibm/liberty/starter/client/BxCodegenClient.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class BxCodegenClient {
     
     public final String URL = System.getenv("bxCodegenEndpoint");
     public final String STARTERKIT_URL = System.getenv("appAccelStarterkit");
-    private final int retriesAllowed = 9;
+    private final int retriesAllowed = 18;
     
     public Map<String, byte[]> getFileMap(ProjectConstructionInputData inputData) throws ProjectGenerationException {
         checkConfig();
Increase number of retries to bx codegen.