diff --git a/app/jobs/virus_scanner_job.rb b/app/jobs/virus_scanner_job.rb
index 29e6f1db6..3907ee4b6 100644
--- a/app/jobs/virus_scanner_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/virus_scanner_job.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ class VirusScannerJob < ApplicationJob
   # If the file is deleted during the scan, ignore the error
   discard_on ActiveStorage::FileNotFoundError
 
+  # If for some reason the file appears invalid, retry for a while
+  retry_on ActiveStorage::IntegrityError, attempts: 10, wait: 5.seconds
+
   def perform(blob)
     metadata = extract_metadata_via_virus_scanner(blob)
     blob.update!(metadata: blob.metadata.merge(metadata))