diff --git a/composer/utils/object_store/gcs_object_store.py b/composer/utils/object_store/gcs_object_store.py
index 2a56324a07..5076ddb7fa 100644
--- a/composer/utils/object_store/gcs_object_store.py
+++ b/composer/utils/object_store/gcs_object_store.py
@@ -171,11 +171,12 @@ def upload_object(
 
         if callback is not None:
             raise ValueError('callback is not supported in gcs upload_object()')
+        from google.cloud.storage.retry import DEFAULT_RETRY
         src = filename
         dest = object_name
         dest = str(src) if dest == '' else dest
         blob = self.bucket.blob(self.get_key(dest))
-        blob.upload_from_filename(src)
+        blob.upload_from_filename(src, retry=DEFAULT_RETRY)  # pyright: ignore[reportGeneralTypeIssues]
 
     def download_object(
         self,
diff --git a/tests/utils/object_store/test_gs_object_store.py b/tests/utils/object_store/test_gs_object_store.py
index 1005f22c50..60b004f1ee 100644
--- a/tests/utils/object_store/test_gs_object_store.py
+++ b/tests/utils/object_store/test_gs_object_store.py
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ def test_upload_object(gs_object_store, monkeypatch):
 
     gs_object_store.upload_object(destination_blob_name, source_file_name)
 
-    mock_blob.upload_from_filename.assert_called_with(source_file_name)
+    from google.cloud.storage.retry import DEFAULT_RETRY
+    mock_blob.upload_from_filename.assert_called_with(source_file_name, retry=DEFAULT_RETRY)
     assert mock_blob.upload_from_filename.call_count == 1