diff --git a/crates/mysten-common/src/metrics.rs b/crates/mysten-common/src/metrics.rs
index d4f74ef20967f8..66ef04586b6df2 100644
--- a/crates/mysten-common/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/mysten-common/src/metrics.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use prometheus::Encoder;
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 use tracing::{debug, error, info};
 
-const DEFAULT_METRICS_PUSH_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
+const METRICS_PUSH_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(45);
 
 pub struct MetricsPushClient {
     certificate: std::sync::Arc<sui_tls::SelfSignedCertificate>,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ pub async fn push_metrics(
         .header(reqwest::header::CONTENT_ENCODING, "snappy")
         .header(reqwest::header::CONTENT_TYPE, prometheus::PROTOBUF_FORMAT)
         .body(compressed)
-        .timeout(DEFAULT_METRICS_PUSH_TIMEOUT)
+        .timeout(METRICS_PUSH_TIMEOUT)
         .send()
         .await?;
 
diff --git a/crates/sui-bridge/src/metrics.rs b/crates/sui-bridge/src/metrics.rs
index adad6c9659acc5..e78cee0913e7f5 100644
--- a/crates/sui-bridge/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-bridge/src/metrics.rs
@@ -54,15 +54,22 @@ pub fn start_metrics_push_task(
         let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(interval);
         interval.set_missed_tick_behavior(tokio::time::MissedTickBehavior::Skip);
 
+        let mut errors = 0;
         loop {
             interval.tick().await;
 
-            // Retry pushing metrics if there is an error.
-            while let Err(error) = push_metrics(&client, &url, &registry).await {
-                tracing::warn!("unable to push metrics: {error}; new client will be created");
-                sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+            if let Err(error) = push_metrics(&client, &url, &registry).await {
+                errors += 1;
+                if errors >= 10 {
+                    // If we hit 10 failures in a row, start logging errors.
+                    tracing::error!("unable to push metrics: {error}; new client will be created");
+                } else {
+                    tracing::warn!("unable to push metrics: {error}; new client will be created");
+                }
                 // aggressively recreate our client connection if we hit an error
                 client = MetricsPushClient::new(metrics_key_pair.copy());
+            } else {
+                errors = 0;
             }
         }
     });
diff --git a/crates/sui-node/src/metrics.rs b/crates/sui-node/src/metrics.rs
index f2d0f522a749a2..edcb0d834d9e3d 100644
--- a/crates/sui-node/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-node/src/metrics.rs
@@ -45,15 +45,22 @@ pub fn start_metrics_push_task(config: &sui_config::NodeConfig, registry: Regist
         let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(interval);
         interval.set_missed_tick_behavior(tokio::time::MissedTickBehavior::Skip);
 
+        let mut errors = 0;
         loop {
             interval.tick().await;
 
-            // Retry pushing metrics if there is an error.
-            while let Err(error) = push_metrics(&client, &url, &registry).await {
-                tracing::warn!("unable to push metrics: {error}; new client will be created");
-                sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+            if let Err(error) = push_metrics(&client, &url, &registry).await {
+                errors += 1;
+                if errors >= 10 {
+                    // If we hit 10 failures in a row, start logging errors.
+                    tracing::error!("unable to push metrics: {error}; new client will be created");
+                } else {
+                    tracing::warn!("unable to push metrics: {error}; new client will be created");
+                }
                 // aggressively recreate our client connection if we hit an error
                 client = MetricsPushClient::new(config_copy.network_key_pair().copy());
+            } else {
+                errors = 0;
             }
         }
     });