diff --git a/memq-client/src/main/java/com/pinterest/memq/client/consumer/MemqConsumer.java b/memq-client/src/main/java/com/pinterest/memq/client/consumer/MemqConsumer.java
index 50e092c..7011df9 100644
--- a/memq-client/src/main/java/com/pinterest/memq/client/consumer/MemqConsumer.java
+++ b/memq-client/src/main/java/com/pinterest/memq/client/consumer/MemqConsumer.java
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufInputStream;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufOutputStream;
 import io.netty.buffer.PooledByteBufAllocator;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.core.exception.SdkClientException;
 
 /**
  * Consumer class for MemQ data. This consumer follows conventions to other
@@ -787,7 +788,7 @@ public MemqLogMessage<K, V> next() {
           try {
             loadNewNotification(poll);
             break;
-          } catch (IOException e) {
+          } catch (IOException | SdkClientException e) {
             if (retryCount == 1) {
               throw new RuntimeException(e);
             } else {