diff --git a/packages/middleware-retry/src/configurations.spec.ts b/packages/middleware-retry/src/configurations.spec.ts
index 777c46fa3fbc..cb79a0491375 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-retry/src/configurations.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/middleware-retry/src/configurations.spec.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import {
   CONFIG_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+  DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
   ENV_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
   NODE_MAX_ATTEMPT_CONFIG_OPTIONS,
   resolveRetryConfig,
 } from "./configurations";
-import { DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS, StandardRetryStrategy } from "./defaultStrategy";
+import { StandardRetryStrategy } from "./defaultStrategy";
 
 jest.mock("./defaultStrategy");
 
diff --git a/packages/middleware-retry/src/configurations.ts b/packages/middleware-retry/src/configurations.ts
index fcdc869a1031..ff9b97cbf8e4 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-retry/src/configurations.ts
+++ b/packages/middleware-retry/src/configurations.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
 import { LoadedConfigSelectors } from "@aws-sdk/node-config-provider";
 import { Provider, RetryStrategy } from "@aws-sdk/types";
 
-import { DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS, DEFAULT_RETRY_MODE, StandardRetryStrategy } from "./defaultStrategy";
+import { StandardRetryStrategy } from "./defaultStrategy";
 
 export const ENV_MAX_ATTEMPTS = "AWS_MAX_ATTEMPTS";
 export const CONFIG_MAX_ATTEMPTS = "max_attempts";
 
+/**
+ * The default value for how many HTTP requests an SDK should make for a
+ * single SDK operation invocation before giving up
+ */
+export const DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3;
+
+/**
+ * The default retry algorithm to use.
+ */
+export const DEFAULT_RETRY_MODE = "standard";
+
 export const NODE_MAX_ATTEMPT_CONFIG_OPTIONS: LoadedConfigSelectors<number> = {
   environmentVariableSelector: (env) => {
     const value = env[ENV_MAX_ATTEMPTS];
diff --git a/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.spec.ts b/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.spec.ts
index fc5d868679cd..a18c579e3b6f 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.spec.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import { HttpRequest } from "@aws-sdk/protocol-http";
 import { isThrottlingError } from "@aws-sdk/service-error-classification";
 import { v4 } from "uuid";
 
+import { DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS } from "./configurations";
 import { DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY_BASE, INITIAL_RETRY_TOKENS, THROTTLING_RETRY_DELAY_BASE } from "./constants";
 import { getDefaultRetryQuota } from "./defaultRetryQuota";
-import { DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS, StandardRetryStrategy } from "./defaultStrategy";
+import { StandardRetryStrategy } from "./defaultStrategy";
 import { defaultDelayDecider } from "./delayDecider";
 import { defaultRetryDecider } from "./retryDecider";
 import { RetryQuota } from "./types";
diff --git a/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.ts b/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.ts
index f9b334504da0..ab621b0687d7 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.ts
+++ b/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { SdkError } from "@aws-sdk/smithy-client";
 import { FinalizeHandler, FinalizeHandlerArguments, MetadataBearer, Provider, RetryStrategy } from "@aws-sdk/types";
 import { v4 } from "uuid";
 
+import { DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS, DEFAULT_RETRY_MODE } from "./configurations";
 import {
   DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY_BASE,
   INITIAL_RETRY_TOKENS,
@@ -16,17 +17,6 @@ import { defaultDelayDecider } from "./delayDecider";
 import { defaultRetryDecider } from "./retryDecider";
 import { DelayDecider, RetryDecider, RetryQuota } from "./types";
 
-/**
- * The default value for how many HTTP requests an SDK should make for a
- * single SDK operation invocation before giving up
- */
-export const DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3;
-
-/**
- * The default retry algorithm to use.
- */
-export const DEFAULT_RETRY_MODE = "standard";
-
 /**
  * Strategy options to be passed to StandardRetryStrategy
  */