diff --git a/src/cli/run/helpers/download_file.rs b/src/cli/run/helpers/download_file.rs
index 7b9e67b7a..11a1fa65c 100644
--- a/src/cli/run/helpers/download_file.rs
+++ b/src/cli/run/helpers/download_file.rs
@@ -1,49 +1,321 @@
 use crate::binary_pins::PinnedBinary;
-use crate::{prelude::*, request_client::REQUEST_CLIENT};
+use crate::{prelude::*, request_client::DOWNLOAD_CLIENT};
+use reqwest_retry::{
+    RetryDecision, RetryPolicy, Retryable, default_on_request_success, policies::ExponentialBackoff,
+};
 use std::path::Path;
+use std::time::SystemTime;
 
 use url::Url;
 
-async fn download_file(url: &Url, path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+const DOWNLOAD_RETRY_COUNT: u32 = 5;
+
+fn download_backoff() -> ExponentialBackoff {
+    let builder = ExponentialBackoff::builder();
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    let builder = builder.retry_bounds(
+        std::time::Duration::from_millis(1),
+        std::time::Duration::from_millis(5),
+    );
+    #[cfg(not(test))]
+    let builder = builder.retry_bounds(
+        std::time::Duration::from_secs(1),
+        std::time::Duration::from_secs(30),
+    );
+    builder.build_with_max_retries(DOWNLOAD_RETRY_COUNT)
+}
+
+enum AttemptError {
+    Fatal(Error),
+    Transient(Error),
+}
+
+async fn download_file(url: &Url, path: &Path) -> Result<(), AttemptError> {
     debug!("Downloading file: {url}");
-    let response = REQUEST_CLIENT
+    let response = DOWNLOAD_CLIENT
         .get(url.clone())
         .send()
         .await
-        .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Failed to download file: {e}"))?;
+        .map_err(|e| AttemptError::Transient(anyhow!("Failed to download file: {e}")))?;
+
     if !response.status().is_success() {
-        bail!("Failed to download file: {}", response.status());
+        let error = anyhow!("Failed to download file: {}", response.status());
+        return Err(match default_on_request_success(&response) {
+            Some(Retryable::Transient) => AttemptError::Transient(error),
+            _ => AttemptError::Fatal(error),
+        });
     }
-    let mut file = std::fs::File::create(path)
-        .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Failed to create file: {}, {}", path.display(), e))?;
+
     let content = response
         .bytes()
         .await
-        .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Failed to read response: {e}"))?;
-    std::io::copy(&mut content.as_ref(), &mut file)
-        .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Failed to write to file: {}, {}", path.display(), e))?;
+        .map_err(|e| AttemptError::Transient(anyhow!("Failed to read response: {e}")))?;
+    let mut file = std::fs::File::create(path).map_err(|e| {
+        AttemptError::Fatal(anyhow!("Failed to create file: {}, {}", path.display(), e))
+    })?;
+    std::io::copy(&mut content.as_ref(), &mut file).map_err(|e| {
+        AttemptError::Fatal(anyhow!(
+            "Failed to write to file: {}, {}",
+            path.display(),
+            e
+        ))
+    })?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn download_and_verify_once(
+    url: &Url,
+    expected_sha256: &str,
+    path: &Path,
+) -> Result<(), AttemptError> {
+    download_file(url, path).await?;
+
+    let actual = sha256::try_digest(path).map_err(|e| {
+        AttemptError::Fatal(
+            anyhow!(e).context(format!("failed to compute sha256 of {}", path.display())),
+        )
+    })?;
+
+    if actual != expected_sha256 {
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(path);
+        return Err(AttemptError::Fatal(anyhow!(
+            "Hash mismatch for {url}: expected {expected_sha256}, got {actual}. The downloaded file has been deleted."
+        )));
+    }
+
+    debug!("Verified sha256 of {url}");
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Download a `PinnedBinary` and verify its bytes against its pinned
-/// SHA-256. On mismatch the partial file is
-/// removed and an error is returned.
+async fn download_and_verify(url: &Url, expected_sha256: &str, path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+    let policy = download_backoff();
+    let start = SystemTime::now();
+    let mut n_past_retries = 0;
+
+    loop {
+        let error = match download_and_verify_once(url, expected_sha256, path).await {
+            Ok(()) => return Ok(()),
+            Err(AttemptError::Fatal(error)) => return Err(error),
+            Err(AttemptError::Transient(error)) => error,
+        };
+
+        match policy.should_retry(start, n_past_retries) {
+            RetryDecision::Retry { execute_after } => {
+                let wait = execute_after
+                    .duration_since(SystemTime::now())
+                    .unwrap_or_default();
+                warn!("Downloading {url} failed: {error}. Retrying in {wait:?}.");
+                tokio::time::sleep(wait).await;
+                n_past_retries += 1;
+            }
+            RetryDecision::DoNotRetry => return Err(error),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Download a `PinnedBinary` and verify its bytes against its pinned SHA-256.
 pub async fn download_pinned_file(binary: PinnedBinary, path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
     let url_str = binary.url();
     let url = Url::parse(&url_str).context("failed to parse pinned URL")?;
-    download_file(&url, path).await?;
+    download_and_verify(&url, binary.sha256(), path).await
+}
 
-    let actual = sha256::try_digest(path)
-        .with_context(|| format!("failed to compute sha256 of {}", path.display()))?;
-    let expected = binary.sha256();
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::io::{Read, Write};
+    use std::net::TcpListener;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+    use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
 
-    if actual != expected {
-        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(path);
-        bail!(
-            "Hash mismatch for {url_str}: expected {expected}, got {actual}. The downloaded file has been deleted."
+    const GOOD_BODY: &[u8] = b"expected file content";
+    const BAD_BODY: &[u8] = b"corrupted file content";
+
+    enum ScriptedResponse {
+        /// Respond 200 with the given body.
+        Body(&'static [u8]),
+        /// Respond 200 with fewer bytes than declared by `Content-Length`.
+        TruncatedBody {
+            body: &'static [u8],
+            declared_length: usize,
+        },
+        /// Respond with the given status code and an empty body.
+        Status(u16),
+        /// Close the connection without responding.
+        Abort,
+    }
+
+    /// Serve one scripted response per connection, then stop listening.
+    /// Every response closes the connection so each request is a new
+    /// connection, making the accept counter a request counter.
+    fn spawn_scripted_server(script: Vec<ScriptedResponse>) -> (Url, Arc<AtomicUsize>) {
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").expect("failed to bind test server");
+        let url = Url::parse(&format!("http://{}/file", listener.local_addr().unwrap())).unwrap();
+        let request_count = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+
+        let counter = Arc::clone(&request_count);
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            for response in script {
+                let (mut stream, _) = match listener.accept() {
+                    Ok(connection) => connection,
+                    Err(_) => return,
+                };
+                counter.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+
+                // Read until the end of the request headers.
+                let mut request = Vec::new();
+                let mut buf = [0u8; 1024];
+                loop {
+                    match stream.read(&mut buf) {
+                        Ok(0) | Err(_) => break,
+                        Ok(n) => {
+                            request.extend_from_slice(&buf[..n]);
+                            if request.windows(4).any(|w| w == b"\r\n\r\n") {
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                match response {
+                    ScriptedResponse::Body(body) => {
+                        let _ = write!(
+                            stream,
+                            "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n",
+                            body.len()
+                        );
+                        let _ = stream.write_all(body);
+                    }
+                    ScriptedResponse::TruncatedBody {
+                        body,
+                        declared_length,
+                    } => {
+                        let _ = write!(
+                            stream,
+                            "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: {declared_length}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n"
+                        );
+                        let _ = stream.write_all(body);
+                    }
+                    ScriptedResponse::Status(status) => {
+                        let _ = write!(
+                            stream,
+                            "HTTP/1.1 {status} Test\r\nContent-Length: 0\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n"
+                        );
+                    }
+                    ScriptedResponse::Abort => {}
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        (url, request_count)
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn recovers_from_aborted_connection() {
+        let (url, request_count) = spawn_scripted_server(vec![
+            ScriptedResponse::Abort,
+            ScriptedResponse::Body(GOOD_BODY),
+        ]);
+        let file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+
+        download_and_verify(&url, &sha256::digest(GOOD_BODY), file.path())
+            .await
+            .expect("download should recover from an aborted connection");
+
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(file.path()).unwrap(), GOOD_BODY);
+        assert_eq!(request_count.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 2);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn recovers_from_truncated_body() {
+        let (url, request_count) = spawn_scripted_server(vec![
+            ScriptedResponse::TruncatedBody {
+                body: GOOD_BODY,
+                declared_length: GOOD_BODY.len() + 1,
+            },
+            ScriptedResponse::Body(GOOD_BODY),
+        ]);
+        let file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+
+        download_and_verify(&url, &sha256::digest(GOOD_BODY), file.path())
+            .await
+            .expect("download should recover from a truncated response body");
+
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(file.path()).unwrap(), GOOD_BODY);
+        assert_eq!(request_count.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 2);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn fails_after_exhausting_retries_on_truncated_bodies() {
+        let attempts = (DOWNLOAD_RETRY_COUNT + 1) as usize;
+        let (url, request_count) = spawn_scripted_server(
+            (0..attempts)
+                .map(|_| ScriptedResponse::TruncatedBody {
+                    body: GOOD_BODY,
+                    declared_length: GOOD_BODY.len() + 1,
+                })
+                .collect(),
+        );
+        let file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+
+        let error = download_and_verify(&url, &sha256::digest(GOOD_BODY), file.path())
+            .await
+            .expect_err("persistent truncated bodies should fail the download");
+
+        assert!(
+            error.to_string().contains("Failed to read response"),
+            "unexpected error: {error}"
         );
+        assert_eq!(request_count.load(Ordering::SeqCst), attempts);
     }
 
-    debug!("Verified sha256 of {url_str}");
-    Ok(())
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn retries_server_errors_and_recovers() {
+        let (url, request_count) = spawn_scripted_server(vec![
+            ScriptedResponse::Status(500),
+            ScriptedResponse::Body(GOOD_BODY),
+        ]);
+        let file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+
+        download_and_verify(&url, &sha256::digest(GOOD_BODY), file.path())
+            .await
+            .expect("download should recover from a transient server error");
+
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(file.path()).unwrap(), GOOD_BODY);
+        assert_eq!(request_count.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 2);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn does_not_retry_client_errors() {
+        let (url, request_count) = spawn_scripted_server(vec![ScriptedResponse::Status(404)]);
+        let file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+
+        let error = download_and_verify(&url, &sha256::digest(GOOD_BODY), file.path())
+            .await
+            .expect_err("a 404 should fail the download");
+
+        assert!(
+            error.to_string().contains("404"),
+            "unexpected error: {error}"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(request_count.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn does_not_retry_hash_mismatch() {
+        let (url, request_count) = spawn_scripted_server(vec![ScriptedResponse::Body(BAD_BODY)]);
+        let file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+
+        let error = download_and_verify(&url, &sha256::digest(GOOD_BODY), file.path())
+            .await
+            .expect_err("a hash mismatch should fail the download");
+
+        assert!(
+            error.to_string().contains("Hash mismatch"),
+            "unexpected error: {error}"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(request_count.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
+        assert!(!file.path().exists(), "partial file should be deleted");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/request_client.rs b/src/request_client.rs
index ce3ebbf7e..ab1734290 100644
--- a/src/request_client.rs
+++ b/src/request_client.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ pub static REQUEST_CLIENT: LazyLock<ClientWithMiddleware> = LazyLock::new(|| {
         .build()
 });
 
+/// Client without retry middleware for pinned binary downloads. The downloader
+/// retries complete attempts so response-body failures are covered too.
+pub static DOWNLOAD_CLIENT: LazyLock<reqwest::Client> =
+    LazyLock::new(|| ClientBuilder::new().user_agent(USER_AGENT).build().unwrap());
+
 /// Client without retry middleware for streaming uploads (can't be cloned)
 pub static STREAMING_CLIENT: LazyLock<reqwest::Client> =
     LazyLock::new(|| ClientBuilder::new().user_agent(USER_AGENT).build().unwrap());