diff --git a/src/py/flwr/client/connection/fleet_connection.py b/src/py/flwr/client/connection/fleet_connection.py
index 9ef2fa43250d..e8ed8ceb094c 100644
--- a/src/py/flwr/client/connection/fleet_connection.py
+++ b/src/py/flwr/client/connection/fleet_connection.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def __init__(  # pylint: disable=R0913, R0914, R0915
         """
         self.server_address = server_address
         self.insecure = insecure
-        self.retrier = retry_invoker
+        self.retry_invoker = retry_invoker
         self.max_message_length = max_message_length
         self.root_certificates = root_certificates
         self.authentication_keys = authentication_keys