diff --git a/charts/etcd/templates/bin/_etcdbackup.tpl b/charts/etcd/templates/bin/_etcdbackup.tpl
index 9cf0d505..d3b16f20 100644
--- a/charts/etcd/templates/bin/_etcdbackup.tpl
+++ b/charts/etcd/templates/bin/_etcdbackup.tpl
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ export DB_NAMESPACE=${POD_NAMESPACE}
 export DB_NAME="etcd"
 export LOCAL_DAYS_TO_KEEP=$NUM_TO_KEEP
 export REMOTE_DAYS_TO_KEEP=$REMOTE_BACKUP_DAYS_TO_KEEP
+export REMOTE_BACKUP_RETRIES=${NUMBER_OF_RETRIES_SEND_BACKUP_TO_REMOTE}
+export MIN_DELAY_SEND_REMOTE=${MIN_DELAY_SEND_BACKUP_TO_REMOTE}
+export MAX_DELAY_SEND_REMOTE=${MAX_DELAY_SEND_BACKUP_TO_REMOTE}
 export ARCHIVE_DIR=${BACKUP_DIR}/db/${DB_NAMESPACE}/${DB_NAME}/archive
 
 dump_databases_to_directory() {
diff --git a/charts/etcd/templates/cron-job-etcd-backup.yaml b/charts/etcd/templates/cron-job-etcd-backup.yaml
index c064599b..9961903d 100644
--- a/charts/etcd/templates/cron-job-etcd-backup.yaml
+++ b/charts/etcd/templates/cron-job-etcd-backup.yaml
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ spec:
                   value: "{{ .Values.backup.remote_backup.container_name }}"
                 - name: STORAGE_POLICY
                   value: "{{ .Values.backup.remote_backup.storage_policy }}"
+                - name: NUMBER_OF_RETRIES_SEND_BACKUP_TO_REMOTE
+                  value: {{ .Values.backup.remote_backup.number_of_retries | quote }}
+                - name: MIN_DELAY_SEND_BACKUP_TO_REMOTE
+                  value: {{ .Values.backup.remote_backup.delay_range.min | quote }}
+                - name: MAX_DELAY_SEND_BACKUP_TO_REMOTE
+                  value: {{ .Values.backup.remote_backup.delay_range.max | quote }}
 {{- with $env := dict "ksUserSecret" $envAll.Values.secrets.identity.kubernetes }}
 {{- include "helm-toolkit.snippets.keystone_openrc_env_vars" $env | indent 16 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/etcd/templates/secret-backup-restore.yaml b/charts/etcd/templates/secret-backup-restore.yaml
index 66fc327b..16830123 100644
--- a/charts/etcd/templates/secret-backup-restore.yaml
+++ b/charts/etcd/templates/secret-backup-restore.yaml
@@ -22,5 +22,8 @@ data:
   REMOTE_BACKUP_CONTAINER: {{ $envAll.Values.backup.remote_backup.container_name | b64enc }}
   REMOTE_BACKUP_DAYS_TO_KEEP: {{ $envAll.Values.backup.remote_backup.days_to_keep | quote | b64enc }}
   REMOTE_BACKUP_STORAGE_POLICY: {{ $envAll.Values.backup.remote_backup.storage_policy | b64enc }}
+  REMOTE_BACKUP_RETRIES: {{ $envAll.Values.backup.remote_backup.number_of_retries | quote | b64enc }}
+  REMOTE_BACKUP_SEND_DELAY_MIN: {{ $envAll.Values.backup.remote_backup.delay_range.min | quote | b64enc }}
+  REMOTE_BACKUP_SEND_DELAY_MAX: {{ $envAll.Values.backup.remote_backup.delay_range.max | quote | b64enc }}
 ...
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/etcd/values.yaml b/charts/etcd/values.yaml
index 5973f8d3..6b2c2f98 100644
--- a/charts/etcd/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/etcd/values.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ backup:
     container_name: etcd
     days_to_keep: 14
     storage_policy: default-placement
+    number_of_retries: 5
+    delay_range:
+      min: 30
+      max: 60
 
 endpoints:
   identity: