diff --git a/plugin/trino-http-event-listener/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/httpquery/HttpEventListener.java b/plugin/trino-http-event-listener/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/httpquery/HttpEventListener.java
index 6ddfffd74046..e5dcb57fe908 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-http-event-listener/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/httpquery/HttpEventListener.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-http-event-listener/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/httpquery/HttpEventListener.java
@@ -134,16 +134,18 @@ public void onSuccess(StatusResponse result)
                             {
                                 verify(result != null);
 
-                                if (!(result.getStatusCode() >= 200 && result.getStatusCode() < 300) && attempt < config.getRetryCount()) {
-                                    Duration nextDelay = nextDelay(delay);
-                                    int nextAttempt = attempt + 1;
-
-                                    log.warn("QueryId = \"%s\", attempt = %d/%d, URL = %s | Ingest server responded with code %d, will retry after approximately %d seconds",
-                                            queryId, attempt + 1, config.getRetryCount() + 1, request.getUri().toString(),
-                                            result.getStatusCode(), nextDelay.roundTo(TimeUnit.SECONDS));
-
-                                    attemptToSend(request, nextAttempt, nextDelay, queryId);
-                                    return;
+                                if (shouldRetry(result)) {
+                                    if (attempt < config.getRetryCount()) {
+                                        Duration nextDelay = nextDelay(delay);
+                                        int nextAttempt = attempt + 1;
+
+                                        log.warn("QueryId = \"%s\", attempt = %d/%d, URL = %s | Ingest server responded with code %d, will retry after approximately %d seconds",
+                                                queryId, attempt + 1, config.getRetryCount() + 1, request.getUri().toString(),
+                                                result.getStatusCode(), nextDelay.roundTo(TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+
+                                        attemptToSend(request, nextAttempt, nextDelay, queryId);
+                                        return;
+                                    }
                                 }
 
                                 log.debug("QueryId = \"%s\", attempt = %d/%d, URL = %s | Query event delivered successfully",
@@ -172,6 +174,30 @@ public void onFailure(Throwable t)
                 (long) delay.getValue(), delay.getUnit());
     }
 
+    private boolean shouldRetry(StatusResponse response)
+    {
+        int statusCode = response.getStatusCode();
+
+        // 1XX Information, requests can't be split
+        if (statusCode < 200) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // 2XX - OK
+        if (200 <= statusCode && statusCode < 300) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // 3XX Redirects, not following redirects
+        if (300 <= statusCode && statusCode <= 400) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // 4XX - client error, no retry except 408 Request Timeout and 429 Too Many Requests
+        if (400 <= statusCode && statusCode < 500 && statusCode != 408 && statusCode != 429) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private Duration nextDelay(Duration delay)
     {
         if (delay.compareTo(Duration.valueOf("0s")) == 0) {
diff --git a/plugin/trino-http-event-listener/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/httpquery/TestHttpEventListener.java b/plugin/trino-http-event-listener/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/httpquery/TestHttpEventListener.java
index 527e68ef3958..a2ac353ec6d3 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-http-event-listener/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/httpquery/TestHttpEventListener.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-http-event-listener/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/httpquery/TestHttpEventListener.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import okhttp3.mockwebserver.SocketPolicy;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.KeyManagerFactory;
@@ -356,8 +357,14 @@ public void testNoServerCertificateShouldNotSendRequest()
         assertNull(recordedRequest, "Handshake should have failed");
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testServer500ShouldRetry()
+    @DataProvider(name = "retryStatusCodes")
+    public static Object[][] retryStatusCodes()
+    {
+        return new Object[][] {{503}, {500}, {429}, {408}};
+    }
+
+    @Test(dataProvider = "retryStatusCodes")
+    public void testServerShouldRetry(int responseCode)
             throws Exception
     {
         EventListener eventListener = factory.create(Map.of(
@@ -365,7 +372,7 @@ public void testServer500ShouldRetry()
                 "http-event-listener.log-completed", "true",
                 "http-event-listener.connect-retry-count", "1"));
 
-        server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(500));
+        server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(responseCode));
         server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(200));
 
         eventListener.queryCompleted(queryCompleteEvent);