diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/api/impl/TimelineClientImpl.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/api/impl/TimelineClientImpl.java
index 1f662dda449..c433854016f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/api/impl/TimelineClientImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/api/impl/TimelineClientImpl.java
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ public class TimelineClientImpl extends TimelineClient {
         public boolean shouldRetryOn(Exception e) {
           // Only retry on connection exceptions
           return (e instanceof ClientHandlerException)
-              && (e.getCause() instanceof ConnectException);
+              && (e.getCause() instanceof ConnectException ||
+                  e.getCause() instanceof SocketTimeoutException);
         }
       };
       try {