diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4c0539cc3..a5c28734d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <jenkins-test-harness.version>1.625.3</jenkins-test-harness.version>
         <release.skipTests>false</release.skipTests>
         <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
-        <findbugs-maven-plugin.version>3.0.2</findbugs-maven-plugin.version>
+        <findbugs-maven-plugin.version>3.0.5</findbugs-maven-plugin.version>
         <concurrency>1</concurrency>
         <java.level>7</java.level>
         <hpi-plugin.version>1.120</hpi-plugin.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubRepositoryName.java b/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubRepositoryName.java
index 99e941579..66cccc0b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubRepositoryName.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubRepositoryName.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ public class GitHubRepositoryName {
             Pattern.compile("ssh://(?:git@)?([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?")
     };
 
+    private static final int MAX_RETRIES = 3;
+    private static final int BACKOFF_MILLIS = 50;
+
     /**
      * Create {@link GitHubRepositoryName} from URL
      *
@@ -223,12 +227,25 @@ private static Function<GitHub, GHRepository> toGHRepository(final GitHubReposit
         return new NullSafeFunction<GitHub, GHRepository>() {
             @Override
             protected GHRepository applyNullSafe(@Nonnull GitHub gitHub) {
-                try {
-                    return gitHub.getRepository(format("%s/%s", repoName.getUserName(), repoName.getRepositoryName()));
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    LOGGER.warn("Failed to obtain repository {}", this, e);
-                    return null;
+                int mtries = 0;
+                while (mtries < MAX_RETRIES) {
+                    try {
+                        return gitHub.getRepository(format("%s/%s", repoName.getUserName(),
+                                repoName.getRepositoryName()));
+                    } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+                        LOGGER.warn("Failed to resolve repository {}", this, e);
+                        mtries++;
+                        try {
+                            Thread.sleep(BACKOFF_MILLIS * mtries);
+                        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+                            LOGGER.error("{}", this, ex);
+                        }
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        LOGGER.warn("Failed to obtain repository {}", this, e);
+                        return null;
+                    }
                 }
+                return null;
             }
         };
     }