diff --git a/g11n-ws/modules/md-data-api-s3impl/src/main/java/com/vmware/vip/messages/data/conf/S3Client.java b/g11n-ws/modules/md-data-api-s3impl/src/main/java/com/vmware/vip/messages/data/conf/S3Client.java
index 5fb7df11e..9c260a184 100644
--- a/g11n-ws/modules/md-data-api-s3impl/src/main/java/com/vmware/vip/messages/data/conf/S3Client.java
+++ b/g11n-ws/modules/md-data-api-s3impl/src/main/java/com/vmware/vip/messages/data/conf/S3Client.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ private synchronized AmazonS3 getAmazonS3() {
 			   sessionCreds.getAccessKeyId(),
 			   sessionCreds.getSecretAccessKey(),
 			   sessionCreds.getSessionToken());
-	   ClientConfiguration clientConfiguration = new ClientConfiguration().withMaxConnections(config.getS3ClientMaxConnections());
+	   ClientConfiguration clientConfiguration = new ClientConfiguration().withMaxErrorRetry(5).withMaxConnections(config.getS3ClientMaxConnections());
 	   return AmazonS3ClientBuilder.standard().withCredentials(new AWSStaticCredentialsProvider(sessionCredentials))
 			.withRegion(config.getS3Region()).withClientConfiguration(clientConfiguration).enablePathStyleAccess().build();
    }