diff --git a/packages/cache/__tests__/requestUtils.test.ts b/packages/cache/__tests__/requestUtils.test.ts
index 05fc573b..34e5268c 100644
--- a/packages/cache/__tests__/requestUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/__tests__/requestUtils.test.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ test('retry fails after exhausting retries', async () => {
 })
 
 test('retry fails after non-retryable status code', async () => {
-  await testRetryExpectingError([TestResponse(500), TestResponse(200, 'Ok')])
+  await testRetryExpectingError([TestResponse(501), TestResponse(200, 'Ok')])
 })
 
 test('retry works after error', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/cache/__tests__/saveCache.test.ts b/packages/cache/__tests__/saveCache.test.ts
index 4d0027be..72fcfb2c 100644
--- a/packages/cache/__tests__/saveCache.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/__tests__/saveCache.test.ts
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ test('save with reserve cache failure should fail', async () => {
     .spyOn(cacheHttpClient, 'reserveCache')
     .mockImplementation(async () => {
       const response: TypedResponse<ReserveCacheResponse> = {
-        statusCode: 500,
+        statusCode: 501,
         result: null,
         headers: {}
       }
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ test('save with server error should fail', async () => {
     .spyOn(cacheHttpClient, 'reserveCache')
     .mockImplementation(async () => {
       const response: TypedResponse<ReserveCacheResponse> = {
-        statusCode: 500,
+        statusCode: 501,
         result: {cacheId},
         headers: {}
       }
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ test('save with valid inputs uploads a cache', async () => {
     .spyOn(cacheHttpClient, 'reserveCache')
     .mockImplementation(async () => {
       const response: TypedResponse<ReserveCacheResponse> = {
-        statusCode: 500,
+        statusCode: 501,
         result: {cacheId},
         headers: {}
       }
diff --git a/packages/cache/src/internal/requestUtils.ts b/packages/cache/src/internal/requestUtils.ts
index 043c8a7c..76813534 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/internal/requestUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/internal/requestUtils.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export function isRetryableStatusCode(statusCode?: number): boolean {
     return false
   }
   const retryableStatusCodes = [
+    HttpCodes.InternalServerError,
     HttpCodes.BadGateway,
     HttpCodes.ServiceUnavailable,
     HttpCodes.GatewayTimeout