diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/common/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient b/confluent_osdeploy/common/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient
index d2c49edb..fefc07b4 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/common/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/common/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class HTTPSClient(client.HTTPConnection, object):
                     foundsrv = host
                     psock.close()
                     break
-                except OSError:
+                except (OSError, socket.error):
                     continue
                 except ssl.SSLError:
                     continue