diff --git a/bin/reth-bench/src/bench/context.rs b/bin/reth-bench/src/bench/context.rs
index 75c8592ad3c..1d53ce8e1a3 100644
--- a/bin/reth-bench/src/bench/context.rs
+++ b/bin/reth-bench/src/bench/context.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use alloy_primitives::address;
 use alloy_provider::{network::AnyNetwork, Provider, RootProvider};
 use alloy_rpc_client::ClientBuilder;
 use alloy_rpc_types_engine::JwtSecret;
+use alloy_transport::layers::RetryBackoffLayer;
 use reqwest::Url;
 use reth_node_core::args::BenchmarkArgs;
 use tracing::info;
@@ -49,7 +50,9 @@ impl BenchContext {
         }
 
         // set up alloy client for blocks
-        let client = ClientBuilder::default().http(rpc_url.parse()?);
+        let client = ClientBuilder::default()
+            .layer(RetryBackoffLayer::new(10, 800, u64::MAX))
+            .http(rpc_url.parse()?);
         let block_provider = RootProvider::<AnyNetwork>::new(client);
 
         // Check if this is an OP chain by checking code at a predeploy address.