diff --git a/harmony/Cargo.toml b/harmony/Cargo.toml
index 634cbe96..a1a6e7b3 100644
--- a/harmony/Cargo.toml
+++ b/harmony/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ sqlx.workspace = true
 inquire.workspace = true
 brocade = { path = "../brocade" }
 option-ext = "0.2.0"
+tokio-retry = "0.3.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 pretty_assertions.workspace = true
diff --git a/harmony/src/domain/topology/k8s_anywhere/k8s_anywhere.rs b/harmony/src/domain/topology/k8s_anywhere/k8s_anywhere.rs
index 97d02e8c..ee705e15 100644
--- a/harmony/src/domain/topology/k8s_anywhere/k8s_anywhere.rs
+++ b/harmony/src/domain/topology/k8s_anywhere/k8s_anywhere.rs
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ use kube::{
 };
 use log::{debug, info, trace, warn};
 use serde::Serialize;
-use tokio::{
-    sync::OnceCell,
-    time::{Instant, sleep},
-};
+use tokio::sync::OnceCell;
 
 use crate::{
     executors::ExecutorError,
@@ -513,45 +510,41 @@ impl CertificateManagement for K8sAnywhereTopology {
         {
             let secret_name = certificate.spec.secret_name.clone();
 
-            let deadline = Instant::now() + tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(120);
+            debug!("Secret Name {:#?}", secret_name);
+            if let Some(secret) = client
+                .get_resource::<Secret>(&secret_name, Some(&namespace))
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| {
+                    ExecutorError::UnexpectedError(format!(
+                        "secret {} not found in namespace {}: {}",
+                        secret_name, namespace, e
+                    ))
+                })?
+            {
+                let ca_cert = secret
+                    .data
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .and_then(|d| d.get("ca.crt"))
+                    .ok_or_else(|| {
+                        ExecutorError::UnexpectedError("Secret missing key 'ca.crt'".into())
+                    })?;
 
-            loop {
-                if Instant::now() > deadline {
-                    return Err(ExecutorError::UnexpectedError(format!(
-                        "Timed out waiting for Secret {} to contain ca.crt",
-                        secret_name
-                    )));
-                }
+                let ca_cert = String::from_utf8(ca_cert.0.clone()).map_err(|_| {
+                    ExecutorError::UnexpectedError("ca.crt is not valid UTF-8".into())
+                })?;
 
-                debug!("Secret Name {:#?}", secret_name);
-
-                if let Some(secret) = client
-                    .get_resource::<Secret>(&secret_name, Some(&namespace))
-                    .await
-                    .map_err(|e| {
-                        ExecutorError::UnexpectedError(format!(
-                            "secret {} not found in namespace {}: {}",
-                            secret_name, namespace, e
-                        ))
-                    })?
-                {
-                    if let Some(ca_cert) = secret.data.as_ref().and_then(|d| d.get("ca.crt")) {
-                        let ca_cert = String::from_utf8(ca_cert.0.clone()).map_err(|_| {
-                            ExecutorError::UnexpectedError("ca.crt is not valid UTF-8".into())
-                        })?;
-
-                        return Ok(ca_cert);
-                    }
-                }
-
-                // Secret not ready yet → wait and retry
-                sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
+                return Ok(ca_cert);
+            } else {
+                Err(ExecutorError::UnexpectedError(format!(
+                    "Error getting secret associated with cert_name: {}, secret_name: {}",
+                    cert_name, secret_name
+                )))
             }
         } else {
-            Err(ExecutorError::UnexpectedError(format!(
+            return Err(ExecutorError::UnexpectedError(format!(
                 "Certificate {} not found in namespace {}",
                 cert_name, namespace
-            )))
+            )));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/harmony/src/domain/topology/k8s_anywhere/nats.rs b/harmony/src/domain/topology/k8s_anywhere/nats.rs
index 3fcba127..7e1f24cb 100644
--- a/harmony/src/domain/topology/k8s_anywhere/nats.rs
+++ b/harmony/src/domain/topology/k8s_anywhere/nats.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use log::{debug, info};
+use tokio_retry::{Retry, strategy::ExponentialBackoff};
 
 use crate::{
     inventory::Inventory,
@@ -190,10 +193,28 @@ impl Nats for K8sAnywhereTopology {
             nats_cluster.name
         );
 
-        let ca_cert = self
-            .get_ca_certificate(root_ca_cert_name, &root_ca_config)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| format!("{e}"))?;
+        let strategy = ExponentialBackoff::from_millis(250)
+            .factor(2)
+            .max_delay(Duration::from_millis(1000))
+            .take(10);
+
+        let ca_cert = Retry::spawn(strategy, || async {
+            log::debug!("Attempting CA cert fetch");
+
+            let res = self
+                .get_ca_certificate(root_ca_cert_name.clone(), &root_ca_config)
+                .await;
+
+            match res {
+                Ok(cert) => Ok(cert),
+                Err(e) => {
+                    log::warn!("Retryable error: {:?}", e);
+                    Err(e)
+                }
+            }
+        })
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Retries exhausted: {:?}", e))?;
 
         Ok(ca_cert)
     }