diff --git a/heat/objects/resource.py b/heat/objects/resource.py
index 3aba3405f1..315f7f0a6e 100644
--- a/heat/objects/resource.py
+++ b/heat/objects/resource.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 def retry_on_conflict(func):
     wrapper = tenacity.retry(
         stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(11),
-        wait=tenacity.wait_random(max=2),
+        wait=tenacity.wait_random_exponential(multiplier=0.5, max=60),
         retry=tenacity.retry_if_exception_type(
             exception.ConcurrentTransaction),
         reraise=True)