diff --git a/transports/httpclient/src/main/java/org/commonjava/maven/galley/transport/htcli/internal/AbstractHttpJob.java b/transports/httpclient/src/main/java/org/commonjava/maven/galley/transport/htcli/internal/AbstractHttpJob.java
index c39279ade..a542920e8 100644
--- a/transports/httpclient/src/main/java/org/commonjava/maven/galley/transport/htcli/internal/AbstractHttpJob.java
+++ b/transports/httpclient/src/main/java/org/commonjava/maven/galley/transport/htcli/internal/AbstractHttpJob.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
 import org.apache.http.conn.ConnectTimeoutException;
+import org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.commonjava.maven.galley.GalleyException;
 import org.commonjava.maven.galley.TransferException;
@@ -132,7 +133,8 @@ else if ( !successStatuses.contains( sc ) )
                         return false;
                     }
                 }
-                catch ( final NoHttpResponseException | ConnectTimeoutException | SocketTimeoutException e )
+                catch ( final NoHttpResponseException | ConnectTimeoutException | SocketTimeoutException |
+                              HttpHostConnectException e )
                 {
                     // For those are not in the iad2 tenant egress rules, will throw timeout so use the configured proxy to retry
                     if ( tries > 0 )