diff --git a/common/cache/domainCache.go b/common/cache/domainCache.go
index 0856fbe63f6..cfa5f65f9ad 100644
--- a/common/cache/domainCache.go
+++ b/common/cache/domainCache.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/uber/cadence/common"
+	"github.com/uber/cadence/common/backoff"
 	"github.com/uber/cadence/common/clock"
 	"github.com/uber/cadence/common/cluster"
 	"github.com/uber/cadence/common/errors"
@@ -60,10 +61,7 @@ const (
 	domainCacheMinRefreshInterval = 1 * time.Second
 	// DomainCacheRefreshInterval domain cache refresh interval
 	DomainCacheRefreshInterval = 10 * time.Second
-	// DomainCacheRefreshFailureRetryInterval is the wait time
-	// if refreshment encounters error
-	DomainCacheRefreshFailureRetryInterval = 1 * time.Second
-	domainCacheRefreshPageSize             = 200
+	domainCacheRefreshPageSize = 200
 
 	domainCachePersistenceTimeout = 3 * time.Second
 
@@ -119,6 +117,8 @@ type (
 		callbackLock     sync.Mutex
 		prepareCallbacks map[int]PrepareCallbackFn
 		callbacks        map[int]CallbackFn
+
+		throttleRetry *backoff.ThrottleRetry
 	}
 
 	// DomainCacheEntries is DomainCacheEntry slice
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ func NewDomainCache(
 	opts ...DomainCacheOption,
 ) *DefaultDomainCache {
 
+	throttleRetry := backoff.NewThrottleRetry(
+		backoff.WithRetryPolicy(common.CreateDomainCacheRetryPolicy()),
+		backoff.WithRetryableError(common.IsServiceTransientError),
+	)
+
 	cache := &DefaultDomainCache{
 		status:           domainCacheInitialized,
 		shutdownChan:     make(chan struct{}),
@@ -172,6 +177,7 @@ func NewDomainCache(
 		logger:           logger,
 		prepareCallbacks: make(map[int]PrepareCallbackFn),
 		callbacks:        make(map[int]CallbackFn),
+		throttleRetry:    throttleRetry,
 	}
 	cache.cacheNameToID.Store(newDomainCache())
 	cache.cacheByID.Store(newDomainCache())
@@ -411,15 +417,12 @@ func (c *DefaultDomainCache) refreshLoop() {
 		case <-c.shutdownChan:
 			return
 		case <-timer.Chan():
-			for err := c.refreshDomains(); err != nil; err = c.refreshDomains() {
-				select {
-				case <-c.shutdownChan:
-					return
-				default:
-					c.logger.Error("Error refreshing domain cache", tag.Error(err))
-					c.timeSource.Sleep(DomainCacheRefreshFailureRetryInterval)
-				}
+			err := c.refreshDomains()
+			if err != nil {
+				c.logger.Error("Error refreshing domain cache", tag.Error(err))
+				continue
 			}
+
 			c.logger.Debug("Domain cache refreshed")
 		}
 	}
@@ -428,7 +431,7 @@ func (c *DefaultDomainCache) refreshLoop() {
 func (c *DefaultDomainCache) refreshDomains() error {
 	c.refreshLock.Lock()
 	defer c.refreshLock.Unlock()
-	return c.refreshDomainsLocked()
+	return c.throttleRetry.Do(context.Background(), c.refreshDomainsLocked)
 }
 
 // this function only refresh the domains in the v2 table
diff --git a/common/cache/domainCache_test.go b/common/cache/domainCache_test.go
index dd1cb1fa99b..b5f7cdeb1aa 100644
--- a/common/cache/domainCache_test.go
+++ b/common/cache/domainCache_test.go
@@ -897,13 +897,11 @@ func (s *domainCacheSuite) Test_refreshLoop_domainCacheRefreshedError() {
 
 	s.domainCache.timeSource = mockedTimeSource
 
-	s.metadataMgr.On("GetMetadata", mock.Anything).Return(nil, assert.AnError).Twice()
+	s.metadataMgr.On("GetMetadata", mock.Anything).Return(nil, assert.AnError).Once()
 
 	go func() {
 		mockedTimeSource.BlockUntil(1)
 		mockedTimeSource.Advance(DomainCacheRefreshInterval)
-		mockedTimeSource.BlockUntil(2)
-		mockedTimeSource.Advance(DomainCacheRefreshFailureRetryInterval)
 		s.domainCache.shutdownChan <- struct{}{}
 	}()
 
@@ -921,14 +919,34 @@ func (s *domainCacheSuite) Test_refreshDomainsLocked_IntervalTooShort() {
 	s.NoError(err)
 }
 
-func (s *domainCacheSuite) Test_refreshDomainsLocked_ListDomainsError() {
+func (s *domainCacheSuite) Test_refreshDomains_ListDomainsNonRetryableError() {
 	s.metadataMgr.On("GetMetadata", mock.Anything).Return(&persistence.GetMetadataResponse{NotificationVersion: 0}, nil).Once()
 	s.metadataMgr.On("ListDomains", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil, assert.AnError).Once()
 
-	err := s.domainCache.refreshDomainsLocked()
+	err := s.domainCache.refreshDomains()
 	s.ErrorIs(err, assert.AnError)
 }
 
+func (s *domainCacheSuite) Test_refreshDomains_ListDomainsRetryableError() {
+	retryableError := &types.ServiceBusyError{
+		Message: "Service is busy",
+	}
+
+	// We expect the metadataMgr to be called twice, once for the initial attempt and once for the retry
+	s.metadataMgr.On("GetMetadata", mock.Anything).Return(&persistence.GetMetadataResponse{NotificationVersion: 0}, nil).Times(2)
+
+	// First time return retryable error
+	s.metadataMgr.On("ListDomains", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil, retryableError).Once()
+
+	// Second time return non-retryable error
+	s.metadataMgr.On("ListDomains", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil, assert.AnError).Once()
+
+	err := s.domainCache.refreshDomains()
+
+	// We expect the error to be the first error
+	s.ErrorIs(err, retryableError)
+}
+
 func (s *domainCacheSuite) TestDomainCacheEntry_Getters() {
 	gen := testdatagen.New(s.T())
 
diff --git a/common/util.go b/common/util.go
index 247be39191b..1918e9c6785 100644
--- a/common/util.go
+++ b/common/util.go
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ const (
 	taskCompleterMaxInterval        = 10 * time.Second
 	taskCompleterExpirationInterval = 5 * time.Minute
 
+	domainCacheInitialInterval    = 1 * time.Second
+	domainCacheMaxInterval        = 5 * time.Second
+	domainCacheExpirationInterval = 2 * time.Minute
+
 	contextExpireThreshold = 10 * time.Millisecond
 
 	// FailureReasonCompleteResultExceedsLimit is failureReason for complete result exceeds limit
@@ -228,6 +232,15 @@ func CreateTaskCompleterRetryPolicy() backoff.RetryPolicy {
 	return policy
 }
 
+// CreateDomainCacheRetryPolicy creates a retry policy to handle domain cache refresh failures
+func CreateDomainCacheRetryPolicy() backoff.RetryPolicy {
+	policy := backoff.NewExponentialRetryPolicy(domainCacheInitialInterval)
+	policy.SetMaximumInterval(domainCacheMaxInterval)
+	policy.SetExpirationInterval(domainCacheExpirationInterval)
+
+	return policy
+}
+
 // IsValidIDLength checks if id is valid according to its length
 func IsValidIDLength(
 	id string,