diff --git a/kuryr_kubernetes/k8s_client.py b/kuryr_kubernetes/k8s_client.py
index f2375e7e9..535ef1f45 100644
--- a/kuryr_kubernetes/k8s_client.py
+++ b/kuryr_kubernetes/k8s_client.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import os
 import ssl
 import time
 from urllib import parse
+import urllib3
 
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
@@ -396,7 +397,8 @@ class K8sClient(object):
                             m = line_dict.get('object', {}).get('metadata', {})
                             resource_version = m.get('resourceVersion', None)
             except (requests.ReadTimeout, requests.ConnectionError,
-                    ssl.SSLError, requests.exceptions.ChunkedEncodingError):
+                    ssl.SSLError, requests.exceptions.ChunkedEncodingError,
+                    urllib3.exceptions.SSLError):
                 t = utils.exponential_backoff(attempt)
                 log = LOG.debug
                 if attempt > 0: