diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a0e0c3..ddc2cd3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ The following environment variables are available to be overriden when using `En
 | `RHT_INSIGHTS_JAVA_CONNECT_PERIOD`                   | 1 day (`P1D`)                           | Connect period, see `java.time.Duration::parse` for the syntax       |
 | `RHT_INSIGHTS_JAVA_UPDATE_PERIOD`                    | 5 minutes (`PT5M`)                      | Update period, see `java.time.Duration::parse` for the syntax        |
 | `RHT_INSIGHTS_JAVA_HTTP_CLIENT_RETRY_INITIAL_DELAY`  | 2000 (milliseconds as `long`)           | HTTP client exponential backoff: initial retry delay in milliseconds |
-| `RHT_INSIGHTS_JAVA_HTTP_CLIENT_RETRY_BACKOFF_FACTOR` | 2 (`long`)                              | HTTP client exponential backoff: factor                              |
+| `RHT_INSIGHTS_JAVA_HTTP_CLIENT_RETRY_BACKOFF_FACTOR` | 2.0 (`double`)                              | HTTP client exponential backoff: factor                              |
 | `RHT_INSIGHTS_JAVA_HTTP_CLIENT_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS`   | 10 (`int`)                              | HTTP client exponential backoff: maximum number of retry attempts    |
 | `RHT_INSIGHTS_JAVA_ARCHIVE_UPLOAD_DIR`               | `/var/tmp/insights-runtimes/uploads`    | Filesystem location to place archives if HTTP upload fails           |
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/config/EnvAndSysPropsInsightsConfiguration.java b/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/config/EnvAndSysPropsInsightsConfiguration.java
index 1dfacc1..cf31112 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/config/EnvAndSysPropsInsightsConfiguration.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/config/EnvAndSysPropsInsightsConfiguration.java
@@ -157,10 +157,10 @@ public long getHttpClientRetryInitialDelay() {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public long getHttpClientRetryBackoffFactor() {
+  public double getHttpClientRetryBackoffFactor() {
     String value = lookup(ENV_HTTP_CLIENT_RETRY_BACKOFF_FACTOR);
     if (value != null) {
-      return Long.parseLong(value);
+      return Double.parseDouble(value);
     }
     return super.getHttpClientRetryBackoffFactor();
   }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/config/InsightsConfiguration.java b/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/config/InsightsConfiguration.java
index f01b286..1458483 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/config/InsightsConfiguration.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/config/InsightsConfiguration.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ public interface InsightsConfiguration {
   String DEFAULT_CERT_HELPER_BINARY = "/opt/jboss-cert-helper";
 
   long DEFAULT_HTTP_CLIENT_RETRY_INITIAL_DELAY = 2000L;
-  long DEFAULT_HTTP_CLIENT_RETRY_BACKOFF_FACTOR = 2L;
-  int DEFAULT_HTTP_CLIENT_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 10;
+  double DEFAULT_HTTP_CLIENT_RETRY_BACKOFF_FACTOR = 2.0;
+  int DEFAULT_HTTP_CLIENT_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 5;
 
   /**
    * The insights client identification name, to be adjusted to allow each runtime to define what an
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ default long getHttpClientRetryInitialDelay() {
     return DEFAULT_HTTP_CLIENT_RETRY_INITIAL_DELAY;
   }
 
-  default long getHttpClientRetryBackoffFactor() {
+  default double getHttpClientRetryBackoffFactor() {
     return DEFAULT_HTTP_CLIENT_RETRY_BACKOFF_FACTOR;
   }
 
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/doubles/MockInsightsConfiguration.java b/api/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/doubles/MockInsightsConfiguration.java
index a4b7c5a..81c0cf9 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/doubles/MockInsightsConfiguration.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/doubles/MockInsightsConfiguration.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public final class MockInsightsConfiguration extends DefaultInsightsConfiguratio
   private final Duration connectPeriod;
   private final Duration updatePeriod;
   private final long httpClientRetryInitialDelay;
-  private final long httpClientRetryBackoffFactor;
+  private final double httpClientRetryBackoffFactor;
   private final int httpClientRetryMaxAttemps;
 
   private MockInsightsConfiguration(
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ private MockInsightsConfiguration(
       Duration connectPeriod,
       Duration updatePeriod,
       long httpClientRetryInitialDelay,
-      long httpClientRetryBackoffFactor,
+      double httpClientRetryBackoffFactor,
       int httpClientRetryMaxAttemps) {
     this.identificationName = identificationName;
     this.certFilePath = certFilePath;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public static InsightsConfiguration of(String name, boolean optedOut) {
   public static InsightsConfiguration ofRetries(
       String name,
       long httpClientRetryInitialDelay,
-      long httpClientRetryBackoffFactor,
+      double httpClientRetryBackoffFactor,
       int httpClientRetryMaxAttempts) {
     return of(
         name,
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public static InsightsConfiguration of(
       Duration connectPeriod,
       Duration updatePeriod,
       long httpClientRetryInitialDelay,
-      long httpClientRetryBackoffFactor,
+      double httpClientRetryBackoffFactor,
       int httpClientRetryMaxAttempts) {
     return new MockInsightsConfiguration(
         name,
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public long getHttpClientRetryInitialDelay() {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public long getHttpClientRetryBackoffFactor() {
+  public double getHttpClientRetryBackoffFactor() {
     return httpClientRetryBackoffFactor;
   }
 
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/BackoffWrapper.java b/runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/BackoffWrapper.java
index 630d62a..95a2bc5 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/BackoffWrapper.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/core/httpclient/BackoffWrapper.java
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ public interface Action {
 
   private final InsightsLogger logger;
   private final long initialDelay;
-  private final long factor;
+  private final double factor;
   private final int max;
   private final Action action;
 
-  BackoffWrapper(InsightsLogger logger, long initialDelay, long factor, int max, Action action) {
+  BackoffWrapper(InsightsLogger logger, long initialDelay, double factor, int max, Action action) {
     this.logger = logger;
     this.initialDelay = initialDelay;
     this.factor = factor;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public BackoffWrapper(InsightsLogger logger, InsightsConfiguration configuration
   }
 
   public int run() {
-    long delay = initialDelay;
+    double delay = initialDelay;
     int count = 0;
     InsightsException retryFailure = null;
     while (true) {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public int run() {
         retryFailure.addSuppressed(err);
         logger.debug("Backoff #" + (count + 1) + "/" + max + ", sleeping " + delay + "ms", err);
         try {
-          Thread.sleep(delay);
+          Thread.sleep((long) delay);
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
           Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
           throw new InsightsException(