diff --git a/zaza/openstack/charm_tests/keystone/tests_ldap_k8s.py b/zaza/openstack/charm_tests/keystone/tests_ldap_k8s.py
index dfdf9aa79..3fadc2a90 100644
--- a/zaza/openstack/charm_tests/keystone/tests_ldap_k8s.py
+++ b/zaza/openstack/charm_tests/keystone/tests_ldap_k8s.py
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@
 import contextlib
 from keystoneauth1.exceptions.http import NotFound as http_NotFound
 import logging
+from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
 import zaza.openstack.charm_tests.keystone.tests as ks_tests
 import zaza.openstack.charm_tests.tempest.tests as tempest_tests
 import zaza.charm_lifecycle.utils as lifecycle_utils
 import zaza.model
 import subprocess
 
+class KeystoneLookupError(Exception):
+    pass
 
 class LdapExplicitCharmConfigTestsK8S(ks_tests.LdapExplicitCharmConfigTests):
     """Keystone LDAP tests for K8s deployment."""
@@ -105,23 +108,23 @@ def _get_ldap_config(self):
 
     @tenacity.retry(wait=tenacity.wait_exponential(multiplier=2, max=60),
                     reraise=True, stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(5),
-                    retry=tenacity.retry_if_exception_type(http_NotFound))
+                    retry=tenacity.retry_if_exception_type(KeystoneLookupError))
     def _find_keystone_v3_group(self, group, domain):
         logging.info('Looking for group: {}'.format(group))
         try:
             return super()._find_keystone_v3_group(group, domain)
-        except AttributeError:
-            raise http_NotFound
+        except (AttributeError, http_NotFound, ConnectionError) as error:
+            raise KeystoneLookupError
 
     @tenacity.retry(wait=tenacity.wait_exponential(multiplier=2, max=60),
                     reraise=True, stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(5),
-                    retry=tenacity.retry_if_exception_type(http_NotFound))
+                    retry=tenacity.retry_if_exception_type(KeystoneLookupError))
     def _find_keystone_v3_user(self, username, domain, group=None):
         logging.info('Looking for user: {}'.format(username))
         try:
             return super()._find_keystone_v3_user(username, domain, group=group)
-        except AttributeError:
-            raise http_NotFound
+        except (AttributeError, http_NotFound, ConnectionError) as error:
+            raise KeystoneLookupError
 
 
 class KeystoneTempestTestK8S(tempest_tests.TempestTestScaleK8SBase):