diff --git a/.github/spot-runner-action/dist/index.js b/.github/spot-runner-action/dist/index.js
index 88bf44b6b030..e2097f038769 100644
--- a/.github/spot-runner-action/dist/index.js
+++ b/.github/spot-runner-action/dist/index.js
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ class Ec2Instance {
         this.client = new aws_sdk_1.default.EC2({
             credentials: this.credentials,
             region: this.config.awsRegion,
+            maxRetries: 3,
+            // base 10 seconds for the exponential backoff, up to 3 times
+            retryDelayOptions: { base: 10000 },
         });
         this.tags = this.getTags();
     }
diff --git a/.github/spot-runner-action/src/ec2.ts b/.github/spot-runner-action/src/ec2.ts
index 37026ed131ed..3879b1dea1de 100644
--- a/.github/spot-runner-action/src/ec2.ts
+++ b/.github/spot-runner-action/src/ec2.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ export class Ec2Instance {
     this.client = new AWS.EC2({
       credentials: this.credentials,
       region: this.config.awsRegion,
+      maxRetries: 3,
+      // base 10 seconds for the exponential backoff, up to 3 times
+      retryDelayOptions: { base: 10000 },
     });
 
     this.tags = this.getTags();