diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
index aaba93627..edc668a60 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ class CurlDownloader
 
                 $result = $this->isAuthenticatedRetryNeeded($job, $response);
                 if ($result['retry']) {
-                    $this->restartJob($job, $job['url'], ['storeAuth' => $result['storeAuth']]);
+                    $this->restartJob($job, $job['url'], ['storeAuth' => $result['storeAuth'], 'retries' => $job['attributes']['retries'] + 1]);
                     continue;
                 }