diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fb611b946f9..596adea6944 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
   See the "API Implementations" section of the `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace` package documentation for more informatoin about how to accomplish this. (#4620)
 - `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc` does no longer depend on `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric`. (#4660)
 - `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp` does no longer depend on `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric`. (#4660)
+- Retry for `502 Bad Gateway` and `504 Gateway Timeout` HTTP statuses in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp`. (#4670)
+- Retry for `502 Bad Gateway` and `504 Gateway Timeout` HTTP statuses in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp`. (#4670)
 - Retry for `RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED` only if RetryInfo is returned in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc`. (#4669)
 - Retry for `RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED` only if RetryInfo is returned in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc`. (#4669)
 
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/client.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/client.go
index 385965a9363..af2e40d2782 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/client.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/client.go
@@ -178,7 +178,10 @@ func (c *client) UploadMetrics(ctx context.Context, protoMetrics *metricpb.Resou
 				}
 			}
 			return nil
-		case sc == http.StatusTooManyRequests, sc == http.StatusServiceUnavailable:
+		case sc == http.StatusTooManyRequests,
+			sc == http.StatusBadGateway,
+			sc == http.StatusServiceUnavailable,
+			sc == http.StatusGatewayTimeout:
 			// Retry-able failure.
 			rErr = newResponseError(resp.Header)
 
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/client_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/client_test.go
index 88cc5be9ee2..b14e10c3419 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/client_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/client_test.go
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("WithRetry", func(t *testing.T) {
 		emptyErr := errors.New("")
-		rCh := make(chan otest.ExportResult, 3)
+		rCh := make(chan otest.ExportResult, 5)
 		header := http.Header{http.CanonicalHeaderKey("Retry-After"): {"10"}}
-		// Both retryable errors.
+		// All retryable errors.
 		rCh <- otest.ExportResult{Err: &otest.HTTPResponseError{
 			Status: http.StatusServiceUnavailable,
 			Err:    emptyErr,
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			Status: http.StatusTooManyRequests,
 			Err:    emptyErr,
 		}}
+		rCh <- otest.ExportResult{Err: &otest.HTTPResponseError{
+			Status: http.StatusGatewayTimeout,
+			Err:    emptyErr,
+		}}
+		rCh <- otest.ExportResult{Err: &otest.HTTPResponseError{
+			Status: http.StatusBadGateway,
+			Err:    emptyErr,
+		}}
 		rCh <- otest.ExportResult{}
 		exp, coll := factoryFunc("", rCh, WithRetry(RetryConfig{
 			Enabled:         true,
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client.go
index 3a3cfec0cde..0990b88f147 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client.go
@@ -190,7 +190,10 @@ func (d *client) UploadTraces(ctx context.Context, protoSpans []*tracepb.Resourc
 			}
 			return nil
 
-		case sc == http.StatusTooManyRequests, sc == http.StatusServiceUnavailable:
+		case sc == http.StatusTooManyRequests,
+			sc == http.StatusBadGateway,
+			sc == http.StatusServiceUnavailable,
+			sc == http.StatusGatewayTimeout:
 			// Retry-able failures.  Drain the body to reuse the connection.
 			if _, err := io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body); err != nil {
 				otel.Handle(err)
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client_test.go
index 2020b15058b..1fb58fcb69a 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client_test.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestEndToEnd(t *testing.T) {
 				}),
 			},
 			mcCfg: mockCollectorConfig{
-				InjectHTTPStatus: []int{503, 503},
+				InjectHTTPStatus: []int{503, 502},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func TestEndToEnd(t *testing.T) {
 				}),
 			},
 			mcCfg: mockCollectorConfig{
-				InjectHTTPStatus: []int{503},
+				InjectHTTPStatus: []int{504},
 				InjectResponseHeader: []map[string]string{
 					{"Retry-After": "10"},
 				},