diff --git a/src/utilities/downloads_backend.jl b/src/utilities/downloads_backend.jl
index 88e1b87719..7b6d3a9b23 100644
--- a/src/utilities/downloads_backend.jl
+++ b/src/utilities/downloads_backend.jl
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ function _http_request(backend::DownloadsBackend, request::Request, response_str
         end
 
     get_response_with_retry = retry(
-        get_response; check=check, delays=AWSExponentialBackoff(; max_attempts=4)
+        get_response; check=check, delays=AWSExponentialBackoff(; max_attempts=10)
     )
     try
         get_response_with_retry()
diff --git a/src/utilities/request.jl b/src/utilities/request.jl
index c51d7cf33d..ec6dccf4ab 100644
--- a/src/utilities/request.jl
+++ b/src/utilities/request.jl
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ function _http_request(http_backend::HTTPBackend, request::Request, response_str
         end
 
     get_response_with_retry = retry(
-        get_response; check=check, delays=AWSExponentialBackoff(; max_attempts=4)
+        get_response; check=check, delays=AWSExponentialBackoff(; max_attempts=10)
     )
 
     try
diff --git a/test/issues.jl b/test/issues.jl
index a5180b5bb1..877b401a43 100644
--- a/test/issues.jl
+++ b/test/issues.jl
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ try
             end
         end
 
-        @testset "Fail all 4 attempts then throw" begin
+        @testset "Fail all 10 attempts then throw" begin
             err_t = if AWS.DEFAULT_BACKEND[] isa AWS.HTTPBackend
                 HTTP.IOError
             else
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ try
             end
             io = IOBuffer()
 
-            apply(_incomplete_patch(; data=data, num_attempts_to_fail=4)) do
+            apply(_incomplete_patch(; data=data, num_attempts_to_fail=10)) do
                 params = Dict("response_stream" => io)
                 @test_throws err_t S3.get_object(bucket, key, params; aws_config=config)