diff --git a/src/anthropic/lib/bedrock/_client.py b/src/anthropic/lib/bedrock/_client.py
index 013d2702..f53a8aa4 100644
--- a/src/anthropic/lib/bedrock/_client.py
+++ b/src/anthropic/lib/bedrock/_client.py
@@ -91,6 +91,27 @@ def _infer_region() -> str:
 
 
 class BaseBedrockClient(BaseClient[_HttpxClientT, _DefaultStreamT]):
+    @override
+    def _should_retry(self, response: httpx.Response) -> bool:
+        if super()._should_retry(response):
+            return True
+
+        if response.status_code == 400:
+            error_type = response.headers.get("x-amzn-errortype", "")
+            if any(
+                exc in error_type
+                for exc in (
+                    "ThrottlingException",
+                    "TooManyRequestsException",
+                    "ModelTimeoutException",
+                    "ServiceUnavailableException",
+                )
+            ):
+                log.debug("Retrying due to Bedrock transient error: %s", error_type)
+                return True
+
+        return False
+
     @override
     def _make_status_error(
         self,
diff --git a/tests/lib/test_bedrock.py b/tests/lib/test_bedrock.py
index fe62da43..ea7bb565 100644
--- a/tests/lib/test_bedrock.py
+++ b/tests/lib/test_bedrock.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import pytest
 from respx import MockRouter
 
-from anthropic import AnthropicBedrock, AsyncAnthropicBedrock
+from anthropic import BadRequestError, AnthropicBedrock, AsyncAnthropicBedrock
 
 sync_client = AnthropicBedrock(
     aws_region="us-east-1",
@@ -195,3 +195,94 @@ def test_region_infer_from_specified_profile(
     client = AnthropicBedrock()
 
     assert client.aws_region == next(profile for profile in profiles if profile["name"] == aws_profile)["region"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::DeprecationWarning")
+@pytest.mark.respx()
+def test_retries_on_bedrock_throttling_error(respx_mock: MockRouter) -> None:
+    respx_mock.post(re.compile(r"https://bedrock-runtime\.us-east-1\.amazonaws\.com/model/.*/invoke")).mock(
+        side_effect=[
+            httpx.Response(
+                400,
+                json={"message": "Too many requests, please wait before trying again."},
+                headers={"x-amzn-errortype": "ThrottlingException", "retry-after-ms": "10"},
+            ),
+            httpx.Response(200, json={"foo": "bar"}),
+        ]
+    )
+
+    sync_client.messages.create(
+        max_tokens=1024,
+        messages=[
+            {
+                "role": "user",
+                "content": "Say hello there!",
+            }
+        ],
+        model="anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022-v2:0",
+    )
+
+    calls = cast("list[MockRequestCall]", respx_mock.calls)
+
+    assert len(calls) == 2
+
+
+@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::DeprecationWarning")
+@pytest.mark.respx()
+@pytest.mark.asyncio()
+async def test_retries_on_bedrock_throttling_error_async(respx_mock: MockRouter) -> None:
+    respx_mock.post(re.compile(r"https://bedrock-runtime\.us-east-1\.amazonaws\.com/model/.*/invoke")).mock(
+        side_effect=[
+            httpx.Response(
+                400,
+                json={"message": "Too many requests, please wait before trying again."},
+                headers={"x-amzn-errortype": "ThrottlingException", "retry-after-ms": "10"},
+            ),
+            httpx.Response(200, json={"foo": "bar"}),
+        ]
+    )
+
+    await async_client.messages.create(
+        max_tokens=1024,
+        messages=[
+            {
+                "role": "user",
+                "content": "Say hello there!",
+            }
+        ],
+        model="anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022-v2:0",
+    )
+
+    calls = cast("list[MockRequestCall]", respx_mock.calls)
+
+    assert len(calls) == 2
+
+
+@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::DeprecationWarning")
+@pytest.mark.respx()
+def test_no_retry_on_bedrock_validation_error(respx_mock: MockRouter) -> None:
+    respx_mock.post(re.compile(r"https://bedrock-runtime\.us-east-1\.amazonaws\.com/model/.*/invoke")).mock(
+        side_effect=[
+            httpx.Response(
+                400,
+                json={"message": "Invalid input"},
+                headers={"x-amzn-errortype": "ValidationException"},
+            ),
+        ]
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(BadRequestError):
+        sync_client.messages.create(
+            max_tokens=1024,
+            messages=[
+                {
+                    "role": "user",
+                    "content": "Say hello there!",
+                }
+            ],
+            model="anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022-v2:0",
+        )
+
+    calls = cast("list[MockRequestCall]", respx_mock.calls)
+
+    assert len(calls) == 1