diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7f87bce9c..ec9fa63cf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4994,6 +4994,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "assert_fs",
  "axoupdater",
+ "backon",
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "byteorder",
  "clap",
diff --git a/crates/uv/Cargo.toml b/crates/uv/Cargo.toml
index facb52a7a..f87089ffd 100644
--- a/crates/uv/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/uv/Cargo.toml
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ windows-result = { workspace = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_cmd = { workspace = true }
 assert_fs = { workspace = true }
+backon = { workspace = true }
 base64 = { workspace = true }
 byteorder = { workspace = true }
 filetime = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/uv/tests/it/extract.rs b/crates/uv/tests/it/extract.rs
index d1c9a8bd9..a3defd552 100644
--- a/crates/uv/tests/it/extract.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/tests/it/extract.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 #![cfg(feature = "r2")]
 
+use backon::{BackoffBuilder, Retryable};
 use futures::TryStreamExt;
 use tokio_util::compat::FuturesAsyncReadCompatExt;
 
 async fn unzip(url: &str) -> anyhow::Result<(), uv_extract::Error> {
-    let response = reqwest::get(url).await.unwrap();
+    let backoff = backon::ExponentialBuilder::default()
+        .with_min_delay(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500))
+        .with_max_times(5)
+        .build();
+
+    let download = || async {
+        let response = reqwest::get(url).await?;
+        Ok::<_, reqwest::Error>(response)
+    };
+
+    let response = download.retry(backoff).await.unwrap();
+
     let reader = response
         .bytes_stream()
         .map_err(std::io::Error::other)