diff --git a/.generator/src/generator/templates/rest.j2 b/.generator/src/generator/templates/rest.j2
index 62c6ff875d..4b646a20cd 100644
--- a/.generator/src/generator/templates/rest.j2
+++ b/.generator/src/generator/templates/rest.j2
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from {{ package }}.exceptions import (
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-RETRY_AFTER_STATUS_CODES = frozenset([429, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510, 511, 512])
+RETRY_AFTER_STATUS_CODES = frozenset([408, 429, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510, 511, 512])
 RETRY_ALLOWED_METHODS = frozenset(["GET", "PUT", "DELETE", "POST", "PATCH"])
 
 
diff --git a/src/datadog_api_client/rest.py b/src/datadog_api_client/rest.py
index 3432c8e725..d592a9ab19 100644
--- a/src/datadog_api_client/rest.py
+++ b/src/datadog_api_client/rest.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-RETRY_AFTER_STATUS_CODES = frozenset([429, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510, 511, 512])
+RETRY_AFTER_STATUS_CODES = frozenset([408, 429, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510, 511, 512])
 RETRY_ALLOWED_METHODS = frozenset(["GET", "PUT", "DELETE", "POST", "PATCH"])