diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/spec11/SafeBrowsingTransforms.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/spec11/SafeBrowsingTransforms.java
index 1a5fa856a..bf876e986 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/spec11/SafeBrowsingTransforms.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/spec11/SafeBrowsingTransforms.java
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ public class SafeBrowsingTransforms {
      * because class methods are generally serializable, especially a static function such as {@link
      * HttpClients#createDefault()}.
      */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     EvaluateSafeBrowsingFn(String apiKey, Retrier retrier, Clock clock) {
-      this.apiKey = apiKey;
-      this.retrier = retrier;
-      this.clock = clock;
-      closeableHttpClientSupplier = (Supplier & Serializable) HttpClients::createDefault;
+      this(
+          apiKey,
+          retrier,
+          clock,
+          (Supplier<CloseableHttpClient> & Serializable) HttpClients::createDefault);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public class SafeBrowsingTransforms {
       this.apiKey = apiKey;
       this.retrier = retrier;
       this.clock = clock;
-      closeableHttpClientSupplier = clientSupplier;
+      this.closeableHttpClientSupplier = clientSupplier;
     }
 
     /** Evaluates any buffered {@link DomainNameInfo} objects upon completing the bundle. */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/spec11/Spec11Pipeline.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/spec11/Spec11Pipeline.java
index 370bb88ac..f4412c15a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/spec11/Spec11Pipeline.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/spec11/Spec11Pipeline.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import google.registry.model.reporting.Spec11ThreatMatch.ThreatType;
 import google.registry.persistence.PersistenceModule.TransactionIsolationLevel;
 import google.registry.util.Clock;
 import google.registry.util.Retrier;
+import google.registry.util.Sleeper;
 import google.registry.util.UtilsModule;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
 import java.io.Serializable;
@@ -238,8 +239,11 @@ public class Spec11Pipeline implements Serializable {
 
     @Provides
     EvaluateSafeBrowsingFn provideSafeBrowsingFn(
-        Spec11PipelineOptions options, Retrier retrier, Clock clock) {
-      return new EvaluateSafeBrowsingFn(options.getSafeBrowsingApiKey(), retrier, clock);
+        Spec11PipelineOptions options, Clock clock, Sleeper sleeper) {
+      // Have a noticeably longer backoff for SafeBrowsing retries to mitigate any 429s
+      Retrier safeBrowsingRetrier = new Retrier(sleeper, 4, 1000L);
+      return new EvaluateSafeBrowsingFn(
+          options.getSafeBrowsingApiKey(), safeBrowsingRetrier, clock);
     }
 
     @Provides
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java
index 9ce647915..b4f963825 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java
@@ -999,6 +999,12 @@ public final class RegistryConfig {
       return config.misc.transientFailureRetries;
     }
 
+    @Provides
+    @Named("transientFailureBaseIntervalMillis")
+    public static long provideTransientFailureBaseIntervalMillis() {
+      return 100L;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Maximum number of results to return for an RDAP search query
      *
diff --git a/util/src/main/java/google/registry/util/Retrier.java b/util/src/main/java/google/registry/util/Retrier.java
index 0a3e45400..52ccf8826 100644
--- a/util/src/main/java/google/registry/util/Retrier.java
+++ b/util/src/main/java/google/registry/util/Retrier.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import static com.google.common.base.Throwables.throwIfUnchecked;
 import static com.google.common.math.IntMath.pow;
 import static google.registry.util.PredicateUtils.supertypeOf;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ public class Retrier implements Serializable {
 
   private final Sleeper sleeper;
   private final int attempts;
+  private final long baseIntervalMillis;
 
   /** Holds functions to call whenever the code being retried fails. */
   public interface FailureReporter {
@@ -55,11 +57,21 @@ public class Retrier implements Serializable {
     void beforeRetry(Throwable thrown, int failures, int maxAttempts);
   }
 
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public Retrier(Sleeper sleeper, int transientFailureRetries) {
+    this(sleeper, transientFailureRetries, 100L);
+  }
+
   @Inject
-  public Retrier(Sleeper sleeper, @Named("transientFailureRetries") int transientFailureRetries) {
+  public Retrier(
+      Sleeper sleeper,
+      @Named("transientFailureRetries") int transientFailureRetries,
+      @Named("transientFailureBaseIntervalMillis") long baseIntervalMillis) {
     this.sleeper = sleeper;
     checkArgument(transientFailureRetries > 0, "Number of attempts must be positive");
     this.attempts = transientFailureRetries;
+    checkArgument(baseIntervalMillis > 0, "Base interval millis must be positive");
+    this.baseIntervalMillis = baseIntervalMillis;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -160,8 +172,8 @@ public class Retrier implements Serializable {
           throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
         failureReporter.beforeRetry(e, failures, attempts);
-        // Wait (skewed) 100ms on the first attempt, doubling on each subsequent attempt.
-        long backoffMillis = pow(2, failures) * 100L;
+        // Wait (skewed) baseIntervalMillis on the first attempt, doubling on each attempt
+        long backoffMillis = pow(2, failures) * baseIntervalMillis;
         long sleepDurationMillis = Math.round(randomForSkew.nextDouble(0.8, 1.2) * backoffMillis);
         try {
           sleeper.sleep(Duration.ofMillis(sleepDurationMillis));