diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/s3-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/S3ScanPartitionCreationSupplier.java b/data-prepper-plugins/s3-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/S3ScanPartitionCreationSupplier.java
index 731803f7cf..e1ebea9fa0 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/s3-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/S3ScanPartitionCreationSupplier.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/s3-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/S3ScanPartitionCreationSupplier.java
@@ -116,10 +116,14 @@ private List<PartitionIdentifier> listFilteredS3ObjectsForBucket(final List<Stri
                     .map(objectKey -> PartitionIdentifier.builder().withPartitionKey(String.format(BUCKET_OBJECT_PARTITION_KEY_FORMAT, bucket, objectKey)).build())
                     .collect(Collectors.toList()));
 
+            LOG.info("Found page of {} objects from bucket {}", listObjectsV2Response.keyCount(), bucket);
+
             mostRecentLastModifiedTimestamp = getMostRecentLastModifiedTimestamp(listObjectsV2Response, mostRecentLastModifiedTimestamp);
         } while (listObjectsV2Response.isTruncated());
 
         globalStateMap.put(bucket, Objects.nonNull(mostRecentLastModifiedTimestamp) ? mostRecentLastModifiedTimestamp.toString() : null);
+
+        LOG.info("Returning partitions for {} S3 objects from bucket {}", allPartitionIdentifiers.size(), bucket);
         return allPartitionIdentifiers;
     }
 
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/s3-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/ScanObjectWorker.java b/data-prepper-plugins/s3-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/ScanObjectWorker.java
index 1257efeaf4..39a251cddc 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/s3-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/ScanObjectWorker.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/s3-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/ScanObjectWorker.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public class ScanObjectWorker implements Runnable{
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ScanObjectWorker.class);
 
     private static final int STANDARD_BACKOFF_MILLIS = 30_000;
+    private static final int RETRY_BACKOFF_ON_EXCEPTION_MILLIS = 5_000;
 
     static final int ACKNOWLEDGEMENT_SET_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
     static final String ACKNOWLEDGEMENT_SET_CALLBACK_METRIC_NAME = "acknowledgementSetCallbackCounter";
@@ -99,7 +100,18 @@ public ScanObjectWorker(final S3Client s3Client,
     @Override
     public void run() {
         while (!shouldStopProcessing) {
-            startProcessingObject(STANDARD_BACKOFF_MILLIS);
+
+            try {
+                startProcessingObject(STANDARD_BACKOFF_MILLIS);
+            } catch (final Exception e) {
+                LOG.error("Received an exception while processing S3 objects, backing off and retrying", e);
+                try {
+                    Thread.sleep(RETRY_BACKOFF_ON_EXCEPTION_MILLIS);
+                } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+                    LOG.error("S3 Scan worker thread interrupted while backing off.", ex);
+                }
+            }
+
         }
     }