diff --git a/.chloggen/prometheusremotewrite_sanitize_retry_defaults.yaml b/.chloggen/prometheusremotewrite_sanitize_retry_defaults.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bcba3020ae8c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/prometheusremotewrite_sanitize_retry_defaults.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: prometheusremotewriteexporter
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: sanitize retry default settings
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [30286]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/factory.go b/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/factory.go
index f90aa41b21ace..23018de43b8ec 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/factory.go
+++ b/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/factory.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confighttp"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque"
@@ -67,19 +66,15 @@ func createMetricsExporter(ctx context.Context, set exporter.CreateSettings,
 }
 
 func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
+	retrySettings := exporterhelper.NewDefaultRetrySettings()
+	retrySettings.InitialInterval = 50 * time.Millisecond
+
 	return &Config{
 		Namespace:         "",
 		ExternalLabels:    map[string]string{},
 		MaxBatchSizeBytes: 3000000,
 		TimeoutSettings:   exporterhelper.NewDefaultTimeoutSettings(),
-		RetrySettings: exporterhelper.RetrySettings{
-			Enabled:             true,
-			InitialInterval:     50 * time.Millisecond,
-			MaxInterval:         200 * time.Millisecond,
-			MaxElapsedTime:      1 * time.Minute,
-			RandomizationFactor: backoff.DefaultRandomizationFactor,
-			Multiplier:          backoff.DefaultMultiplier,
-		},
+		RetrySettings:     retrySettings,
 		AddMetricSuffixes: true,
 		SendMetadata:      false,
 		HTTPClientSettings: confighttp.HTTPClientSettings{