diff --git a/tenable_io/client.py b/tenable_io/client.py
index 0b37cb7..a180a91 100644
--- a/tenable_io/client.py
+++ b/tenable_io/client.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def _init_session(self):
         retries = Retry(
                     total=TenableIOClient._MAX_RETRIES,
                     status_forcelist=TenableIOClient._RETRY_STATUS_CODES,
-                    backoff_factor=0.1,
+                    backoff_factor=2,
                     respect_retry_after_header=True
         )
         adapter = requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retries)