diff --git a/apps/backend/src/lib/emails-low-level.tsx b/apps/backend/src/lib/emails-low-level.tsx
index fc2264e80..fb4f5885c 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/lib/emails-low-level.tsx
+++ b/apps/backend/src/lib/emails-low-level.tsx
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ export async function lowLevelSendEmailDirectViaProvider(options: LowLevelSendEm
       }
 
       return result;
-    }, 7, { exponentialDelayBase: 125 });
+    }, 9, { exponentialDelayBase: 125 });
   } catch (error) {
     if (error instanceof DoNotRetryError) {
       return Result.error(error.errorObj);