diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a6d7691..460bf04 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gem 'test-kitchen'
-gem "kitchen-docker"
+gem "kitchen-docker", '< 2.2.0'
 gem 'kitchen-ansible'
diff --git a/test/integration/standard/serverspec/Gemfile b/test/integration/standard/serverspec/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6aafc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/standard/serverspec/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+gem 'rspec-retry'
diff --git a/test/integration/standard/serverspec/default_spec.rb b/test/integration/standard/serverspec/default_spec.rb
index c067acb..115a81a 100644
--- a/test/integration/standard/serverspec/default_spec.rb
+++ b/test/integration/standard/serverspec/default_spec.rb
@@ -18,9 +18,14 @@ context "basic tests" do
     it { should be_file }
   end
 
-  describe command('curl localhost:9200/_nodes/?plugin | grep kopf') do
-    its(:stdout) { should match /kopf/ }
-    its(:exit_status) { should eq 0 }
+  describe 'plugin' do
+
+    it 'should be reported as existing', :retry => 3, :retry_wait => 10 do
+      command = command('curl localhost:9200/_nodes/?plugin | grep kopf')
+      expect(command.stdout).to match(/kopf/)
+      expect(command.exit_status).to eq(0)
+    end
+
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/test/integration/standard/serverspec/spec_helper.rb b/test/integration/standard/serverspec/spec_helper.rb
index 590c2fa..5bef120 100644
--- a/test/integration/standard/serverspec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/test/integration/standard/serverspec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
 require 'serverspec'
 set :backend, :exec
+
+require 'rspec/retry'
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  # show retry status in spec process
+  config.verbose_retry = true
+  # show exception that triggers a retry if verbose_retry is set to true
+  config.display_try_failure_messages = true
+end