diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20241204-185729.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20241204-185729.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..276308126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20241204-185729.yaml	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Under the Hood
+body: Add retry logic for retryable exceptions
+time: 2024-12-04T18:57:29.925299-08:00
+custom:
+    Author: versusfacit colin-rogers-dbt
+    Issue: "960"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/redshift/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/redshift/connections.py
index d93847634..a23563c72 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/redshift/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/redshift/connections.py
@@ -439,22 +439,18 @@ def open(cls, connection):
 
         credentials = connection.credentials
 
-        def exponential_backoff(attempt: int):
-            return attempt * attempt
-
-        retryable_exceptions = [
+        retryable_exceptions = (
             redshift_connector.OperationalError,
             redshift_connector.DatabaseError,
             redshift_connector.DataError,
             redshift_connector.InterfaceError,
-        ]
+        )
 
         open_connection = cls.retry_connection(
             connection,
             connect=get_connection_method(credentials),
             logger=logger,
             retry_limit=credentials.retries,
-            retry_timeout=exponential_backoff,
             retryable_exceptions=retryable_exceptions,
         )
         open_connection.backend_pid = cls._get_backend_pid(open_connection)  # type: ignore
@@ -496,8 +492,18 @@ def add_query(self, sql, auto_begin=True, bindings=None, abridge_sql_log=False):
             if without_comments == "":
                 continue
 
+            retryable_exceptions = (
+                redshift_connector.InterfaceError,
+                redshift_connector.InternalError,
+            )
+
             connection, cursor = super().add_query(
-                query, auto_begin, bindings=bindings, abridge_sql_log=abridge_sql_log
+                query,
+                auto_begin,
+                bindings=bindings,
+                abridge_sql_log=abridge_sql_log,
+                retryable_exceptions=retryable_exceptions,
+                retry_limit=self.profile.credentials.retries,
             )
 
         if cursor is None:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 210dbe478..e68aa2607 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "dbt-common>=1.10,<2.0",
-    "dbt-adapters>=1.7,<2.0",
+    "dbt-adapters>=1.11,<2.0",
     "dbt-postgres>=1.8,<1.10",
     # dbt-redshift depends deeply on this package. it does not follow SemVer, therefore there have been breaking changes in previous patch releases
     # Pin to the patch or minor version, and bump in each new minor version of dbt-redshift.
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_query.py b/tests/unit/test_query.py
index ff8076215..c625e9a7f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_query.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_query.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import redshift_connector
+
 from multiprocessing import get_context
 from unittest import TestCase, mock
 
@@ -103,7 +105,15 @@ def test_add_query_success(self):
             mock_add_query.return_value = None, cursor
             self.adapter.connections.add_query("select * from test3")
         mock_add_query.assert_called_once_with(
-            "select * from test3", True, bindings=None, abridge_sql_log=False
+            "select * from test3",
+            True,
+            bindings=None,
+            abridge_sql_log=False,
+            retryable_exceptions=(
+                redshift_connector.InterfaceError,
+                redshift_connector.InternalError,
+            ),
+            retry_limit=1,
         )
 
     def test_add_query_with_no_cursor(self):