diff --git a/exporters/sender/jdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/jdk/internal/JdkHttpSender.java b/exporters/sender/jdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/jdk/internal/JdkHttpSender.java
index fda90c6a8c7..25866a162fc 100644
--- a/exporters/sender/jdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/jdk/internal/JdkHttpSender.java
+++ b/exporters/sender/jdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/jdk/internal/JdkHttpSender.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import java.net.http.HttpClient;
 import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
-import java.net.http.HttpTimeoutException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@
 import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
 
 /**
  * {@link HttpSender} which is backed by JDK {@link HttpClient}.
@@ -221,7 +221,13 @@ private HttpResponse<byte[]> sendRequest(
   }
 
   private static boolean isRetryableException(IOException throwable) {
-    return throwable instanceof HttpTimeoutException;
+    // Almost all IOExceptions we've encountered are transient retryable, so we opt out of specific
+    // IOExceptions that are unlikely to resolve rather than opting in.
+    // Known retryable IOException messages: "Connection reset", "/{remote ip}:{remote port} GOAWAY
+    // received"
+    // Known retryable HttpTimeoutException messages: "request timed out"
+    // Known retryable HttpConnectTimeoutException messages: "HTTP connect timed out"
+    return !(throwable instanceof SSLException);
   }
 
   private static class NoCopyByteArrayOutputStream extends ByteArrayOutputStream {
diff --git a/exporters/sender/jdk/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/jdk/internal/JdkHttpSenderTest.java b/exporters/sender/jdk/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/jdk/internal/JdkHttpSenderTest.java
index 2691bb1ca3f..19cb3f997ac 100644
--- a/exporters/sender/jdk/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/jdk/internal/JdkHttpSenderTest.java
+++ b/exporters/sender/jdk/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/jdk/internal/JdkHttpSenderTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import java.net.http.HttpConnectTimeoutException;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
 import org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -69,9 +70,20 @@ void sendInternal_RetryableConnectTimeoutException() throws IOException, Interru
     verify(mockHttpClient, times(2)).send(any(), any());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void sendInternal_RetryableIoException() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    doThrow(new IOException("error!")).when(mockHttpClient).send(any(), any());
+
+    assertThatThrownBy(() -> sender.sendInternal(marshaler -> {}))
+        .isInstanceOf(IOException.class)
+        .hasMessage("error!");
+
+    verify(mockHttpClient, times(2)).send(any(), any());
+  }
+
   @Test
   void sendInternal_NonRetryableException() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-    doThrow(new IOException("unknown error")).when(mockHttpClient).send(any(), any());
+    doThrow(new SSLException("unknown error")).when(mockHttpClient).send(any(), any());
 
     assertThatThrownBy(() -> sender.sendInternal(marshaler -> {}))
         .isInstanceOf(IOException.class)