diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/949-acme-retry.yml b/changelogs/fragments/949-acme-retry.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a41645ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/949-acme-retry.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "acme_* modules - increase the maximum amount of retries from 10 to 20 to accomodate ZeroSSL's buggy implementation
+     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/949)."
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/_acme/acme.py b/plugins/module_utils/_acme/acme.py
index c8626a31..fdc0c3e5 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_acme/acme.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_acme/acme.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
 # -1 usually means connection problems
 RETRY_STATUS_CODES = (-1, 408, 429, 502, 503, 504)
 
-RETRY_COUNT = 10
+RETRY_COUNT = 20
 
 
 def _decode_retry(