diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/installation.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/installation.rs
index 40edbb88d7..c5aff17e56 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/installation.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/installation.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ pub(crate) struct GithubReleaseAsset {
 
 pub async fn npm_package_latest_version(name: &str) -> Result<String> {
     let output = smol::process::Command::new("npm")
+        .args(["-fetch-retry-mintimeout", "2000"])
+        .args(["-fetch-retry-maxtimeout", "5000"])
         .args(["info", name, "--json"])
         .output()
         .await
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ pub async fn npm_install_packages(
     directory: &Path,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     let output = smol::process::Command::new("npm")
+        .args(["-fetch-retry-mintimeout", "2000"])
+        .args(["-fetch-retry-maxtimeout", "5000"])
         .arg("install")
         .arg("--prefix")
         .arg(directory)