diff --git a/tools/generate-devstack-plugins-list.py b/tools/generate-devstack-plugins-list.py
index 1cacd06..bc28515 100644
--- a/tools/generate-devstack-plugins-list.py
+++ b/tools/generate-devstack-plugins-list.py
@@ -73,8 +73,11 @@
 s = requests.Session()
 # sometimes gitea gives us a 500 error; retry sanely
 #  https://stackoverflow.com/a/35636367
+# We need to disable raise_on_status because if any repo endup with 500 then
+# propose-updates job which run this script will fail.
 retries = Retry(total=3, backoff_factor=1,
-                status_forcelist=[ 500 ])
+                status_forcelist=[ 500 ],
+                raise_on_status=False)
 s.mount('https://', HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retries))
 
 found_plugins = filter(functools.partial(has_devstack_plugin, s), projects)