diff --git a/.changeset/tame-grapes-search.md b/.changeset/tame-grapes-search.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed916e4bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tame-grapes-search.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/fetch": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+HTTP requests should be retried when the server responds with on of 408, 409, 420, 429 status codes.
diff --git a/packages/fetch/src/fetch.ts b/packages/fetch/src/fetch.ts
index 9b44597663..5ff7e05b85 100644
--- a/packages/fetch/src/fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/fetch/src/fetch.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ export default async function fetchRetry (url: RequestInfo, opts: RequestInit =
       try {
         // this will be retried
         const res = await fetch(url as any, opts) // eslint-disable-line
-        if ((res.status >= 500 && res.status < 600) || res.status === 429) {
+        // A retry on 409 sometimes helps when making requests to the Bit registry.
+        if ((res.status >= 500 && res.status < 600) || [408, 409, 420, 429].includes(res.status)) {
           throw new ResponseError(res)
         } else {
           resolve(res)