diff --git a/src/http/request.ts b/src/http/request.ts
index 0a478911..7d8855aa 100644
--- a/src/http/request.ts
+++ b/src/http/request.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ function shouldRetry(err: any, attempt: number, options: any) {
   // By default `retry.shouldRetry` doesn't retry on server errors so we add our own logic.
 
   const isSafe = options.method === 'GET' || options.method === 'HEAD'
-  const isQuery = options.uri.startsWith('/data/query')
+  const uri = options.uri || options.url
+  const isQuery = uri.startsWith('/data/query')
   const isRetriableResponse =
     err.response &&
     (err.response.statusCode === 429 ||
diff --git a/test/client.test.ts b/test/client.test.ts
index 7e104b02..93fafc09 100644
--- a/test/client.test.ts
+++ b/test/client.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from '@sanity/client'
 import {of as observableOf} from 'rxjs'
 import {filter} from 'rxjs/operators'
-import {describe, expect, test} from 'vitest'
+import {describe, expect, test, vi} from 'vitest'
 
 const apiHost = 'api.sanity.url'
 const defaultProjectId = 'bf1942'
@@ -335,6 +335,33 @@ describe('client', async () => {
       })
       expect(client.projects.getById('n1f7y')).rejects.toBeDefined()
     })
+
+    test.each([429, 502, 503])('retries requests %d', async (code) => {
+      const userObj = {
+        role: null,
+        id: 'pabc123',
+        name: 'Mannen i Gata',
+        email: 'some@email.com',
+      }
+
+      for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+        nock(`https://${apiHost}`).get('/v2023-03-25/users/me').reply(code, {})
+        nock(`https://${apiHost}`).get('/v2023-03-25/users/me').reply(code, {})
+        nock(`https://${apiHost}`).get('/v2023-03-25/users/me').reply(code, {})
+        nock(`https://${apiHost}`).get('/v2023-03-25/users/me').reply(code, {})
+        nock(`https://${apiHost}`).get('/v2023-03-25/users/me').reply(200, userObj)
+      }
+
+      const fn = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(100)
+      const client = createClient({
+        apiVersion: '2023-03-25',
+        useProjectHostname: false,
+        apiHost: `https://${apiHost}`,
+        retryDelay: fn,
+      })
+      await expect(client.request({url: '/users/me'})).resolves.toEqual(userObj)
+      expect(fn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4)
+    })
   })
 
   describe('DATASETS', () => {