diff --git a/exporters/sender/okhttp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/RetryInterceptor.java b/exporters/sender/okhttp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/RetryInterceptor.java
index 9f6cc4729f5..7c3a3bfab80 100644
--- a/exporters/sender/okhttp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/RetryInterceptor.java
+++ b/exporters/sender/okhttp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/RetryInterceptor.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.export.RetryPolicy;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.ConnectException;
+import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.StringJoiner;
@@ -158,12 +159,15 @@ static boolean isRetryableException(IOException e) {
     // Known retryable ConnectTimeout messages: "Failed to connect to
     // localhost/[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]:62611"
     // Known retryable UnknownHostException messages: "xxxxxx.com"
+    // Known retryable SocketException: Socket closed
     if (e instanceof SocketTimeoutException) {
       return true;
     } else if (e instanceof ConnectException) {
       return true;
     } else if (e instanceof UnknownHostException) {
       return true;
+    } else if (e instanceof SocketException) {
+      return true;
     }
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/exporters/sender/okhttp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/RetryInterceptorTest.java b/exporters/sender/okhttp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/RetryInterceptorTest.java
index fa7604fb99d..3ba83683359 100644
--- a/exporters/sender/okhttp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/RetryInterceptorTest.java
+++ b/exporters/sender/okhttp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/RetryInterceptorTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.net.ConnectException;
 import java.net.HttpRetryException;
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
+import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -237,6 +238,8 @@ private static Stream<Arguments> isRetryableExceptionArgs() {
         Arguments.of(new SocketTimeoutException(), true),
         // Should retry on UnknownHostExceptions
         Arguments.of(new UnknownHostException("host"), true),
+        // Should retry on SocketException
+        Arguments.of(new SocketException("closed"), true),
         // Should retry on ConnectException
         Arguments.of(
             new ConnectException("Failed to connect to localhost/[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]:62611"), true),