diff --git a/.github/spot-runner-action/dist/index.js b/.github/spot-runner-action/dist/index.js
index b34f8c07dc9..88bf44b6b03 100644
--- a/.github/spot-runner-action/dist/index.js
+++ b/.github/spot-runner-action/dist/index.js
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ class Ec2Instance {
                 this.client = new aws_sdk_1.default.EC2({
                     credentials: credentials,
                     region: this.config.awsRegion,
+                    maxRetries: 3,
+                    // base 10 seconds for the exponential backoff, up to 3 times
+                    retryDelayOptions: { base: 10000 }
                 });
             }
             return this.client;
diff --git a/.github/spot-runner-action/src/ec2.ts b/.github/spot-runner-action/src/ec2.ts
index 83211f7bba4..37026ed131e 100644
--- a/.github/spot-runner-action/src/ec2.ts
+++ b/.github/spot-runner-action/src/ec2.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ export class Ec2Instance {
       this.client = new AWS.EC2({
         credentials: credentials,
         region: this.config.awsRegion,
+        maxRetries: 3,
+        // base 10 seconds for the exponential backoff, up to 3 times
+        retryDelayOptions: {base: 10000}
       });
     }
     return this.client;