diff --git a/debian/gitlab-deps.service b/debian/gitlab-deps.service
index ca9f776532b1e369dde14c50ea746e78ddb73811..61bec34d064def1893b03ba44f4d8b6c9263102a 100644
--- a/debian/gitlab-deps.service
+++ b/debian/gitlab-deps.service
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=gitlab-deps server
 After=network.target
+StartLimitIntervalSec=0
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=3
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/gitlab-deps
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/gitlab-deps-server-wrapper
 User=gitlab-deps