diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d4b79cf3f1..55d107e6a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -10334,6 +10334,7 @@ name = "subspace-farmer-components"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
+ "backoff",
  "criterion",
  "fs2",
  "futures",
diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer-components/Cargo.toml b/crates/subspace-farmer-components/Cargo.toml
index d2a8c8a39e..950fc9a36c 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer-components/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer-components/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ bench = false
 
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = "0.1.68"
+backoff = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["futures", "tokio"] }
 fs2 = "0.4.3"
 futures = "0.3.28"
 libc = "0.2.139"
diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer-components/src/plotting.rs b/crates/subspace-farmer-components/src/plotting.rs
index 9a8f8142a6..ecabc9feff 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer-components/src/plotting.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer-components/src/plotting.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ use crate::piece_caching::PieceMemoryCache;
 use crate::segment_reconstruction::recover_missing_piece;
 use crate::{FarmerProtocolInfo, SectorMetadata};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
+use backoff::future::retry;
+use backoff::{Error as BackoffError, ExponentialBackoff};
 use futures::stream::FuturesOrdered;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use parity_scale_codec::Encode;
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::io;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
 use subspace_core_primitives::crypto::kzg::{Commitment, Kzg};
 use subspace_core_primitives::crypto::{Scalar, ScalarLegacy};
 use subspace_core_primitives::sector_codec::{SectorCodec, SectorCodecError};
@@ -15,7 +19,17 @@ use subspace_core_primitives::{
     LegacySectorId, Piece, PieceIndex, PieceIndexHash, PublicKey, SectorIndex, PLOT_SECTOR_SIZE,
 };
 use thiserror::Error;
-use tracing::info;
+use tracing::{info, warn};
+
+fn default_backoff() -> ExponentialBackoff {
+    ExponentialBackoff {
+        initial_interval: Duration::from_secs(15),
+        max_interval: Duration::from_secs(10 * 60),
+        // Try until we get a valid piece
+        max_elapsed_time: None,
+        ..ExponentialBackoff::default()
+    }
+}
 
 /// Defines retry policy on error during piece acquiring.
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Debug, Copy)]
@@ -139,20 +153,36 @@ where
         })
         .collect();
 
-    let mut in_memory_sector_scalars =
-        Vec::with_capacity(PLOT_SECTOR_SIZE as usize / Scalar::FULL_BYTES);
+    let in_memory_sector_scalars = Mutex::new(Vec::with_capacity(
+        PLOT_SECTOR_SIZE as usize / Scalar::FULL_BYTES,
+    ));
 
-    plot_pieces_in_batches_non_blocking(
-        &mut in_memory_sector_scalars,
-        sector_index,
-        piece_getter,
-        piece_getter_retry_policy,
-        kzg,
-        &piece_indexes,
-        piece_memory_cache,
-    )
+    retry(default_backoff(), || async {
+        let mut in_memory_sector_scalars = in_memory_sector_scalars.lock();
+        in_memory_sector_scalars.clear();
+
+        if let Err(error) = download_pieces_in_batches_non_blocking(
+            &mut in_memory_sector_scalars,
+            sector_index,
+            piece_getter,
+            piece_getter_retry_policy,
+            kzg,
+            &piece_indexes,
+            piece_memory_cache.clone(),
+        )
+        .await
+        {
+            warn!(%error, "Sector plotting attempt failed, will retry later");
+
+            return Err(BackoffError::transient(error));
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    })
     .await?;
 
+    let mut in_memory_sector_scalars = in_memory_sector_scalars.into_inner();
+
     sector_codec
         .encode(&mut in_memory_sector_scalars)
         .map_err(PlottingError::FailedToEncodeSector)?;
@@ -213,7 +243,7 @@ where
     })
 }
 
-async fn plot_pieces_in_batches_non_blocking<PG: PieceGetter>(
+async fn download_pieces_in_batches_non_blocking<PG: PieceGetter>(
     in_memory_sector_scalars: &mut Vec<ScalarLegacy>,
     sector_index: u64,
     piece_getter: &PG,
diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/single_disk_plot.rs b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/single_disk_plot.rs
index c9ae37744e..61da1c92ea 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/single_disk_plot.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/single_disk_plot.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ use tracing::{debug, error, info, info_span, trace, warn, Instrument, Span};
 use ulid::Ulid;
 
 /// Get piece retry attempts number.
-const PIECE_GETTER_RETRY_NUMBER: NonZeroU16 = NonZeroU16::new(30).expect("Not zero; qed");
+const PIECE_GETTER_RETRY_NUMBER: NonZeroU16 = NonZeroU16::new(3).expect("Not zero; qed");
 
 // Refuse to compile on non-64-bit platforms, offsets may fail on those when converting from u64 to
 // usize depending on chain parameters
diff --git a/crates/subspace-networking/src/utils/piece_provider.rs b/crates/subspace-networking/src/utils/piece_provider.rs
index 3db932ef63..3e430e95c3 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-networking/src/utils/piece_provider.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-networking/src/utils/piece_provider.rs
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ use subspace_core_primitives::{Piece, PieceIndex, PieceIndexHash};
 use tracing::{debug, error, trace, warn};
 
 /// Defines initial duration between get_piece calls.
-const GET_PIECE_INITIAL_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(1);
+const GET_PIECE_INITIAL_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(3);
 /// Defines max duration between get_piece calls.
-const GET_PIECE_MAX_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
+const GET_PIECE_MAX_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
 
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait PieceValidator: Sync + Send {