diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/BaseServiceException.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/BaseServiceException.java
index a0058a2e3f2b..565ae614f3a6 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/BaseServiceException.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/BaseServiceException.java
@@ -254,11 +254,13 @@ public static boolean isRetryable(Integer code, String reason, boolean idempoten
 
   @InternalApi
   public static boolean isRetryable(boolean idempotent, IOException exception) {
-    boolean exceptionIsRetryable = exception instanceof SocketTimeoutException
-        || exception instanceof SocketException
-        || (exception instanceof SSLHandshakeException
-        && !(exception.getCause() instanceof CertificateException))
-        || "insufficient data written".equals(exception.getMessage());
+    boolean exceptionIsRetryable =
+        exception instanceof SocketTimeoutException
+            || exception instanceof SocketException
+            || (exception instanceof SSLHandshakeException
+                && !(exception.getCause() instanceof CertificateException))
+            || "insufficient data written".equals(exception.getMessage())
+            || "Error writing request body to server".equals(exception.getMessage());
     return idempotent && exceptionIsRetryable;
   }