diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/SpaTemplateTest/SpaTemplateTestBase.cs b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/SpaTemplateTest/SpaTemplateTestBase.cs
index 95d84c965c..7095ce5d5a 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/SpaTemplateTest/SpaTemplateTestBase.cs
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/SpaTemplateTest/SpaTemplateTestBase.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -175,6 +176,9 @@ namespace Templates.Test.SpaTemplateTest
                 catch (OperationCanceledException)
                 {
                 }
+                catch (HttpRequestException ex) when (ex.Message.StartsWith("The SSL connection could not be established"))
+                {
+                }
                 await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5 * attempt));
             } while (attempt < maxAttempts);
         }