diff --git a/pkg/retry/retry.go b/pkg/retry/retry.go
index 234fd3448a..e2a9f1f68e 100644
--- a/pkg/retry/retry.go
+++ b/pkg/retry/retry.go
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ func isRetryable(err error) bool {
 			return false
 		}
 		return true
+	case net.Error:
+		if e.Timeout() {
+			return true
+		}
 	case *net.OpError:
 		return isRetryable(e.Err)
 	case *url.Error: // This includes errors returned by the net/http client.