diff --git a/singer_sdk/streams/rest.py b/singer_sdk/streams/rest.py
index 34c77de60..456ec5cd8 100644
--- a/singer_sdk/streams/rest.py
+++ b/singer_sdk/streams/rest.py
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ def request_decorator(self, func: Callable) -> Callable:
             (
                 RetriableAPIError,
                 requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout,
+                requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
             ),
             max_tries=self.backoff_max_tries,
             on_backoff=self.backoff_handler,