diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 073f579..e182e43 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ inputs:
   secretEncodingType:
     description: 'The encoding type of the secret to decode. If not specified, the secret will not be decoded. Supported values: base64, hex, utf8'
     required: false
+  retryVaultTokenRetrieval:
+    description: 'Enable retrying retrieval of Vault server tokens. If not specified the token request to the Vault server will only be tried once.'
+    required: false
 runs:
   using: 'node16'
   main: 'dist/index.js'
diff --git a/src/action.js b/src/action.js
index b898005..256980c 100644
--- a/src/action.js
+++ b/src/action.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ async function exportSecrets() {
         headers: {},
         https: {},
         retry: {
+            methods: [...got.defaults.options.retry.methods],
             statusCodes: [
                 ...got.defaults.options.retry.statusCodes,
                 // Vault returns 412 when the token in use hasn't yet been replicated
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@ async function exportSecrets() {
         defaultOptions.headers["X-Vault-Namespace"] = vaultNamespace;
     }
 
+    const retryVaultTokenRetrieval = (core.getInput('retryVaultTokenRetrieval', { required: false }) || 'false').toLowerCase() != 'false';
+    if (retryVaultTokenRetrieval === true) {
+        defaultOptions.retry.methods.push('POST');
+    }
+
     const vaultToken = await retrieveToken(vaultMethod, got.extend(defaultOptions));
     defaultOptions.headers['X-Vault-Token'] = vaultToken;
     const client = got.extend(defaultOptions);