diff --git a/baseplate/sidecars/live_data_watcher.py b/baseplate/sidecars/live_data_watcher.py
index 781f3dfeb..a929f1b0e 100644
--- a/baseplate/sidecars/live_data_watcher.py
+++ b/baseplate/sidecars/live_data_watcher.py
@@ -144,14 +144,17 @@ def _load_from_s3(data: bytes) -> bytes:
         # resource is public. In other words, this means that a given service cannot access
         # a public resource belonging to another cluster/AWS account unless the request credentials
         # are unsigned.
+
+        # Access S3 with 10 max retries enabled:
         s3_client = boto3.client(
             "s3",
-            config=Config(signature_version=UNSIGNED),
+            config=Config(signature_version=UNSIGNED, retries={"total_max_attempts": 10}),
             region_name=region_name,
         )
     else:
         s3_client = boto3.client(
             "s3",
+            config=Config(retries={"total_max_attempts": 10}),
             region_name=region_name,
         )