diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager.go
index bcb19ddddc13..cbbccf00a74f 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager.go
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	maxAddTaintRetries = 5
+	maxAddTaintRetries     = 5
+	maxForceRefreshRetries = 3
 )
 
 var (
@@ -249,11 +250,22 @@ func (m *ociManagerImpl) TaintToPreventFurtherSchedulingOnRestart(nodes []*apiv1
 }
 
 func (m *ociManagerImpl) forceRefresh() error {
-	err := m.nodePoolCache.rebuild(m.staticNodePools)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	for i := 1; i <= maxForceRefreshRetries; i++ {
+		err := m.nodePoolCache.rebuild(m.staticNodePools)
+		if err != nil {
+			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "404") && i == maxForceRefreshRetries {
+				m.lastRefresh = time.Now()
+				klog.Errorf("Failed to fetch the nodepools. Retrying after %v", m.lastRefresh.Add(m.cfg.Global.RefreshInterval))
+				return err
+			} else if i == maxForceRefreshRetries {
+				klog.Error("Failed to fetch the nodepools.")
+				return err
+			}
+			klog.Errorf("Failed to fetch the nodepools. Retries available : %v", maxForceRefreshRetries-i)
+		} else {
+			break
+		}
 	}
-
 	m.lastRefresh = time.Now()
 	klog.Infof("Refreshed NodePool list, next refresh after %v", m.lastRefresh.Add(m.cfg.Global.RefreshInterval))
 	return nil
@@ -441,7 +453,7 @@ func (m *ociManagerImpl) GetNodePoolForInstance(instance ocicommon.OciRef) (Node
 
 	np, found := m.staticNodePools[instance.NodePoolID]
 	if !found {
-		klog.Infof("did not find node pool for reference: %+v", instance)
+		klog.V(4).Infof("did not find node pool for reference: %+v", instance)
 		return nil, errInstanceNodePoolNotFound
 	}