diff --git a/azure/batch/scripts/predict_on_catalog.py b/azure/batch/scripts/predict_on_catalog.py
index e61c050..9ba4cb8 100644
--- a/azure/batch/scripts/predict_on_catalog.py
+++ b/azure/batch/scripts/predict_on_catalog.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 # add retries on requests if we have flaky networks
 # https://www.peterbe.com/plog/best-practice-with-retries-with-requests
-def requests_retry_session(retries=3, backoff_factor=0.3):
+def requests_retry_session(retries=4, backoff_factor=0.8):
     session = requests.Session()
     retry = Retry(
         total=retries,