diff --git a/servers/mu/src/domain/clients/worker-fn.js b/servers/mu/src/domain/clients/worker-fn.js
index f3f22e0a8..405bd5d65 100644
--- a/servers/mu/src/domain/clients/worker-fn.js
+++ b/servers/mu/src/domain/clients/worker-fn.js
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export function processResultsWith ({
                 status: 'failure'
               })
             }
-          }, TASK_QUEUE_RETRY_DELAY)
+          }, (2 ** retries) * TASK_QUEUE_RETRY_DELAY)
         })
       } else {
         await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 100))