diff --git a/services/comms/reset-othrys-room-job.yaml b/services/comms/reset-othrys-room-job.yaml
index 307d060..0886401 100644
--- a/services/comms/reset-othrys-room-job.yaml
+++ b/services/comms/reset-othrys-room-job.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
 metadata:
-  name: othrys-room-reset-5
+  name: othrys-room-reset-6
   namespace: comms
 spec:
   backoffLimit: 0
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ spec:
               set -euo pipefail
               pip install --no-cache-dir requests >/dev/null
               python - <<'PY'
-              import os, sys, urllib.parse, requests
+              import os, sys, time, urllib.parse, requests
 
               BASE = os.environ["SYNAPSE_BASE"]
               AUTH_BASE = os.environ.get("AUTH_BASE", BASE)
@@ -172,7 +172,17 @@ spec:
                   r.raise_for_status()
                   return r.json()["event_id"]
 
-              token = login(SEEDER_USER, SEEDER_PASS)
+              def login_with_retry():
+                  last = None
+                  for attempt in range(1, 6):
+                      try:
+                          return login(SEEDER_USER, SEEDER_PASS)
+                      except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+                          last = exc
+                          time.sleep(attempt * 2)
+                  raise last
+
+              token = login_with_retry()
 
               old_room_id = resolve_alias(token, ROOM_ALIAS)
               if not old_room_id: