diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7f75b2527..0ca8fa9ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 * **da:** fixed da path seperator and encoding issue ([#731](https://github.com/dymensionxyz/dymint/issues/731)) ([3a3b219](https://github.com/dymensionxyz/dymint/commit/3a3b21932750fee7eaaa9c186f78e36e3e597746))
+* **DA:** use expo backoff in retries ([#739](https://github.com/dymensionxyz/dymint/issues/739)) ([848085f](https://github.com/dymensionxyz/dymint/commit/848085f70bcaae81fb80da3ab78c4d8b399e13b1))
 * **p2p:** validate block before applying and not before caching in p2p gossiping ([#723](https://github.com/dymensionxyz/dymint/issues/723)) ([98371b5](https://github.com/dymensionxyz/dymint/commit/98371b5220613e70f3274fab5593e02ba532f7db))
 * **produce loop:** handle unauthenticated error in settlement layer ([#726](https://github.com/dymensionxyz/dymint/issues/726)) ([33e78d1](https://github.com/dymensionxyz/dymint/commit/33e78d116b5f14b91b8b3bda2b6cbfee9040e2d3))
 
diff --git a/da/celestia/celestia.go b/da/celestia/celestia.go
index 48805a203..c5acfbba3 100644
--- a/da/celestia/celestia.go
+++ b/da/celestia/celestia.go
@@ -567,10 +567,28 @@ func (c *DataAvailabilityLayerClient) submit(daBlob da.Blob) (uint64, da.Commitm
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(c.ctx, c.config.Timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	height, err := c.rpc.Submit(ctx, blobs, options)
+	/*
+		TODO: dry out all retries
+	*/
+
+	var height uint64
+
+	err = retry.Do(
+		func() error {
+			var err error
+			height, err = c.rpc.Submit(ctx, blobs, options)
+			return err
+		},
+		retry.Context(c.ctx),
+		retry.LastErrorOnly(true),
+		retry.Delay(c.rpcRetryDelay),
+		retry.Attempts(uint(c.rpcRetryAttempts)),
+		retry.DelayType(retry.FixedDelay),
+	)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("rpc submit: %w", err)
+		return 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("do rpc submit: %w", err)
 	}
+
 	c.logger.Info("Successfully submitted blobs to Celestia", "height", height, "gas", options.GasLimit, "fee", options.Fee)
 
 	return height, commitments[0], nil
diff --git a/da/celestia/config.go b/da/celestia/config.go
index fbed0d964..245406311 100644
--- a/da/celestia/config.go
+++ b/da/celestia/config.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultRpcRetryDelay            = 15 * time.Second
-	defaultRpcCheckAttempts         = 5
+	defaultRpcRetryDelay            = 30 * time.Second
+	defaultRpcCheckAttempts         = 10
 	namespaceVersion                = 0
 	defaultGasPrices                = 0.1
 	defaultGasAdjustment    float64 = 1.3