diff --git a/lib/connection/connection_config.js b/lib/connection/connection_config.js
index d8280c007..3adb3eaa2 100644
--- a/lib/connection/connection_config.js
+++ b/lib/connection/connection_config.js
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ function createParameters()
     },
     {
       name: PARAM_RETRY_SF_MAX_SLEEP_TIME,
-      defaultValue: 108,
+      defaultValue: 16,
       validate: isNonNegativeNumber
     }
   ];
diff --git a/lib/services/sf.js b/lib/services/sf.js
index 6334b86b6..2aa63103c 100644
--- a/lib/services/sf.js
+++ b/lib/services/sf.js
@@ -1180,10 +1180,10 @@ StateConnecting.prototype.continue = function ()
     Date.now() : 'FIXEDTIMESTAMP';
   const maxLoginRetries = connectionConfig.getRetrySfMaxLoginRetries();
   const maxLoginTimeout = connectionConfig.getLoginTimeout();
-  let sleep = connectionConfig.getRetrySfStartingSleepTime();
-  let totalTimeout = sleep;
-  const cap = connectionConfig.getRetrySfMaxSleepTime();
-  Logger.getInstance().debug("Retry Max sleep time = " + cap);
+  const base = connectionConfig.getRetrySfStartingSleepTime();
+  let sleep = base;
+  let totalTimeout = base;
+  Logger.getInstance().debug("Total loginTimeout is for the retries = " + maxLoginTimeout);
   const parent = this;
   const requestCallback = function (err, body)
   {
@@ -1217,9 +1217,14 @@ StateConnecting.prototype.continue = function ()
           totalTimeout < maxLoginTimeout) 
         {
           numRetries++;
-          const jitter = Util.jitteredSleepTime(numRetries, sleep, totalTimeout, maxLoginTimeout);
+          const jitter = Util.jitteredSleepTime(numRetries, sleep, totalTimeout, base, maxLoginTimeout);
           sleep = jitter.sleep;
           totalTimeout = jitter.totalTimeout;
+
+          if(sleep <= 0) {
+            Logger.getInstance().debug("Reached out to the Login Timeout");
+            parent.snowflakeService.transitionToDisconnected();
+          }
           setTimeout(sendRequest, sleep * 1000);
           return;
         }
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 01b6b62e3..dc7921fd5 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -426,14 +426,14 @@ exports.nextSleepTime = function (
  *
  * @param {Number} numofRetries 
  * @param {Number} currentSleepTime 
- * @param {Number} maxSleepTime 
+ * @param {Number} totalTimeout
+ * @param {Number} base 
+ * @param {Number} maxLoginTimeout
  * @returns {JSON} return next sleep Time and totalTime.
  */
-exports.jitteredSleepTime = function (numofRetries, currentSleepTime, totalTimeout, maxLoginTimeout) {
-  const nextSleepTime = Math.min(maxLoginTimeout - totalTimeout, 4 * numofRetries);
-  const sleep = nextSleepTime + getJitter(currentSleepTime);
+exports.jitteredSleepTime = function (numofRetries, currentSleepTime, totalTimeout, base, maxLoginTimeout) {
+  const sleep = Math.min((maxLoginTimeout - totalTimeout), getNextSleepTime(numofRetries, base, currentSleepTime) );
   totalTimeout += sleep
-
   return {sleep, totalTimeout}
 }
 
@@ -455,14 +455,17 @@ exports.chooseRandom = chooseRandom;
 
 /**
  * return the jitter value.
- *
- * @param {Number} curWaitTime 
+ * @param {Number} numofRetries 
+ * @param {Number} base 
+ * @param {Number} currentSleepTime 
  * @returns {Boolean} return jitter.
  */
-function getJitter (curWaitTime) {
+function getNextSleepTime (numofRetries, base, currentSleepTime) {
   const multiplicationFactor = chooseRandom(1, -1);
-  const jitterAmount = 0.5 * curWaitTime * multiplicationFactor;
-  return jitterAmount;
+  const nextSleep = (base * (2 ** (numofRetries - 1)));
+  const jitterAmount = 0.5 * currentSleepTime * multiplicationFactor;
+  
+  return nextSleep + jitterAmount;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/unit/util_test.js b/test/unit/util_test.js
index 7ef205aaa..8c9941aca 100644
--- a/test/unit/util_test.js
+++ b/test/unit/util_test.js
@@ -600,31 +600,27 @@ describe('Util', function ()
           retry403: false,
           isRetryable: true,
         },
-        {
-          statusCode: 525,
-          retry403: false,
-          isRetryable: true,
-        },
       ];
       
     const maxLoginTimeout = 300;
-    let currentSleepTime = 4;
+    const base = 4;
+    let currentSleepTime = base;
     let retryCount = 1;
-    let totalTimeout = 1;
+    let totalTimeout = base;
     for (const response of errorCodes) {
+       retryCount++;
        assert.strictEqual(Util.isRetryableHttpError(response,true), true);
 
-       const result = Util.jitteredSleepTime(retryCount, currentSleepTime, totalTimeout, maxLoginTimeout);
+       const result = Util.jitteredSleepTime(retryCount, currentSleepTime, totalTimeout, base, maxLoginTimeout);
        const jitter = currentSleepTime / 2
-       const nextSleep = 2 ** retryCount;
+       const nextSleep = base * (2 ** (retryCount-1));
        currentSleepTime = result.sleep;
        totalTimeout = result.totalTimeout;
 
        assert.ok(currentSleepTime <= nextSleep + jitter || currentSleepTime >= nextSleep - jitter)
-       retryCount++;
     }
     
-    assert.strictEqual(retryCount, 8);
+    assert.strictEqual(retryCount, 7);
     assert.ok(totalTimeout <= maxLoginTimeout);
   });