diff --git a/.changeset/summary-retry-backoff.md b/.changeset/summary-retry-backoff.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdcd762be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/summary-retry-backoff.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"braintrust": patch
+---
+
+Add exponential backoff between existing `get_json` retry attempts.
diff --git a/js/src/logger.test.ts b/js/src/logger.test.ts
index 21231d8e0..d9c89ad48 100644
--- a/js/src/logger.test.ts
+++ b/js/src/logger.test.ts
@@ -1718,6 +1718,73 @@ test("simulateLoginForTests and simulateLogoutForTests", async () => {
   }
 });
 
+describe("HTTPConnection get_json retries", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    _exportsForTestingOnly.simulateLogoutForTests();
+  });
+
+  test("backs off before retrying", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+
+    const state = await _exportsForTestingOnly.simulateLoginForTests();
+    const fetchMock = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(
+        new Response("timeout", {
+          status: 504,
+          statusText: "Gateway Timeout",
+        }),
+      )
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(
+        new Response(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }), {
+          status: 200,
+          headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+        }),
+      );
+    state.setFetch(fetchMock as unknown as typeof globalThis.fetch);
+
+    const resultPromise = state.apiConn().get_json("/retry-me", undefined, 1);
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(999);
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1);
+    await expect(resultPromise).resolves.toEqual({ ok: true });
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  test("throws after retry exhaustion", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+
+    const state = await _exportsForTestingOnly.simulateLoginForTests();
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn().mockImplementation(() =>
+      Promise.resolve(
+        new Response("timeout", {
+          status: 504,
+          statusText: "Gateway Timeout",
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+    state.setFetch(fetchMock as unknown as typeof globalThis.fetch);
+
+    const resultPromise = state.apiConn().get_json("/retry-me", undefined, 2);
+    const expectedFailure = expect(resultPromise).rejects.toThrow(
+      "504: Gateway Timeout",
+    );
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1000);
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2000);
+
+    await expectedFailure;
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+  });
+});
+
 test("span.export handles unauthenticated state", async () => {
   // Create a span without logging in
   const logger = initLogger({});
diff --git a/js/src/logger.ts b/js/src/logger.ts
index 81da807fe..fdd6ee34b 100644
--- a/js/src/logger.ts
+++ b/js/src/logger.ts
@@ -1297,6 +1297,11 @@ class HTTPConnection {
               (e as any).status
             } ${(e as any).text}`,
           );
+          const sleepTimeS = HTTP_RETRY_BASE_SLEEP_TIME_S * 2 ** i;
+          debugLogger.info(`Sleeping for ${sleepTimeS}s`);
+          await new Promise((resolve) =>
+            setTimeout(resolve, sleepTimeS * 1000),
+          );
           continue;
         }
         throw e;
@@ -2765,6 +2770,7 @@ export class TestBackgroundLogger implements BackgroundLogger {
 }
 
 const BACKGROUND_LOGGER_BASE_SLEEP_TIME_S = 1.0;
+const HTTP_RETRY_BASE_SLEEP_TIME_S = 1.0;
 
 // We should only have one instance of this object per state object in
 // 'BraintrustState._bgLogger'. Be careful about spawning multiple