diff --git a/runpod/endpoint/runner.py b/runpod/endpoint/runner.py
index d8c487599..79f3641f0 100644
--- a/runpod/endpoint/runner.py
+++ b/runpod/endpoint/runner.py
@@ -36,16 +36,17 @@ def __init__(self, api_key: Optional[str] = None):
             api_key as global_api_key,
             endpoint_url_base,
         )
-        
+
         # Use provided api_key or fall back to global
         self.api_key = api_key or global_api_key
-        
+
         if self.api_key is None:
             raise RuntimeError(API_KEY_NOT_SET_MSG)
 
         self.rp_session = requests.Session()
         retries = Retry(total=5, backoff_factor=1, status_forcelist=[408, 429])
         self.rp_session.mount("http://", HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retries))
+        self.rp_session.mount("https://", HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retries))
 
         self.headers = {
             "Content-Type": "application/json",
diff --git a/tests/test_endpoint/test_https_retries.py b/tests/test_endpoint/test_https_retries.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd76e4e6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_endpoint/test_https_retries.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+"""Exercise endpoint retries against real local HTTP and HTTPS servers."""
+
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
+import ipaddress
+import ssl
+import threading
+
+from cryptography import x509
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, serialization
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
+from cryptography.x509.oid import NameOID
+import pytest
+
+from runpod.endpoint.runner import RunPodClient
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("scheme", ["http", "https"])
+def test_endpoint_get_retries_rate_limit_over_both_schemes(tmp_path, scheme):
+    requests = []
+
+    class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+        def do_GET(self):
+            requests.append(self.path)
+            self.send_response(429 if len(requests) == 1 else 200)
+            body = b'{"status":"COMPLETED"}'
+            self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+            self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(body)))
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(body)
+
+        def log_message(self, format, *args):
+            pass
+
+    server = HTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", 0), Handler)
+    client = RunPodClient(api_key="test-key")
+    client.rp_session.trust_env = False
+    if scheme == "https":
+        key = rsa.generate_private_key(public_exponent=65537, key_size=2048)
+        name = x509.Name([x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.COMMON_NAME, "localhost")])
+        now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+        certificate = (
+            x509.CertificateBuilder()
+            .subject_name(name)
+            .issuer_name(name)
+            .public_key(key.public_key())
+            .serial_number(x509.random_serial_number())
+            .not_valid_before(now - timedelta(days=1))
+            .not_valid_after(now + timedelta(days=1))
+            .add_extension(
+                x509.SubjectAlternativeName(
+                    [x509.IPAddress(ipaddress.ip_address("127.0.0.1"))]
+                ),
+                critical=False,
+            )
+            .sign(key, hashes.SHA256())
+        )
+        certificate_path = tmp_path / "certificate.pem"
+        key_path = tmp_path / "key.pem"
+        certificate_path.write_bytes(
+            certificate.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.PEM)
+        )
+        key_path.write_bytes(
+            key.private_bytes(
+                serialization.Encoding.PEM,
+                serialization.PrivateFormat.PKCS8,
+                serialization.NoEncryption(),
+            )
+        )
+        context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
+        context.load_cert_chain(certificate_path, key_path)
+        server.socket = context.wrap_socket(server.socket, server_side=True)
+        client.rp_session.verify = str(certificate_path)
+
+    thread = threading.Thread(
+        target=server.serve_forever, kwargs={"poll_interval": 0.01}
+    )
+    thread.start()
+    client.endpoint_url_base = f"{scheme}://127.0.0.1:{server.server_port}"
+    try:
+        assert client.get("endpoint/status/job") == {"status": "COMPLETED"}
+        assert requests == ["/endpoint/status/job", "/endpoint/status/job"]
+    finally:
+        client.rp_session.close()
+        server.shutdown()
+        server.server_close()
+        thread.join(timeout=5)
+        assert not thread.is_alive()