diff --git a/awx/main/credential_plugins/conjur.py b/awx/main/credential_plugins/conjur.py
index aaa8d8c2e3..0026bb330b 100644
--- a/awx/main/credential_plugins/conjur.py
+++ b/awx/main/credential_plugins/conjur.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def conjur_backend(**kwargs):
         except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
             resp = requests.post(urljoin(url, '/'.join(['api', 'authn', account, username, 'authenticate'])), **auth_kwargs)
         except:
-            raise
+            resp = requests.post(urljoin(url, '/'.join(['api', 'authn', account, username, 'authenticate'])), **auth_kwargs)
     raise_for_status(resp)
     token = resp.content.decode('utf-8')
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def conjur_backend(**kwargs):
         except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
             resp = requests.get(path_conjurcloud, timeout=30, **lookup_kwargs)
         except:
-            raise
+            resp = requests.get(path_conjurcloud, timeout=30, **lookup_kwargs)
     raise_for_status(resp)
     return resp.text