diff --git a/packages/jumpstarter/jumpstarter/client/lease.py b/packages/jumpstarter/jumpstarter/client/lease.py
index 5bf087ade..289f5efce 100644
--- a/packages/jumpstarter/jumpstarter/client/lease.py
+++ b/packages/jumpstarter/jumpstarter/client/lease.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from grpc.aio import AioRpcError, Channel
 from jumpstarter_protocol import jumpstarter_pb2, jumpstarter_pb2_grpc
 from rich.console import Console
+from tenacity import retry, retry_if_exception_type, wait_exponential_jitter
 
 from .exceptions import LeaseError
 from jumpstarter.client import client_from_path
@@ -77,6 +78,24 @@ async def get(self):
             svc = ClientService(channel=self.channel, namespace=self.namespace)
             return await svc.GetLease(name=self.name)
 
+    @retry(
+        wait=wait_exponential_jitter(initial=1, max=120, jitter=1),
+        retry=retry_if_exception_type(ConnectionError),
+        reraise=True,
+    )
+    async def _get_with_retry(self):
+        """Get lease with exponential backoff retry on ConnectionError.
+
+        Retries with exponential backoff and jitter indefinitely when ConnectionError occurs.
+        The wait time between retries is capped at 2 minutes (120 seconds).
+        Jitter helps prevent thundering herd problems when multiple clients retry simultaneously.
+        """
+        try:
+            return await self.get()
+        except ConnectionError as e:
+            logger.error("Error while getting lease %s: %s", self.name, e)
+            raise
+
     def request(self):
         """Request a lease, or verifies a lease which was already created.
 
@@ -136,8 +155,7 @@ async def _acquire(self):
                 with LeaseAcquisitionSpinner(self.name) as spinner:
                     while True:
                         logger.debug("Polling Lease %s", self.name)
-                        result = await self.get()
-
+                        result = await self._get_with_retry()
                         # lease ready
                         if condition_true(result.conditions, "Ready"):
                             logger.debug("Lease %s acquired", self.name)
diff --git a/packages/jumpstarter/pyproject.toml b/packages/jumpstarter/pyproject.toml
index cb6a0f3cd..fbd573cd5 100644
--- a/packages/jumpstarter/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/jumpstarter/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "xdg-base-dirs>=6.0.2",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.9.1",
     "rich>=14.0.0",
+    "tenacity>=8.2.0",
 ]
 
 [dependency-groups]