diff --git a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java
index 74c9ce60e84f..a36136419824 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java
+++ b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import com.google.api.core.BetaApi;
 import com.google.api.core.InternalApi;
 import com.google.api.gax.paging.Page;
+import com.google.api.gax.retrying.ResultRetryAlgorithm;
 import com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.ErrorProto;
 import com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.GetQueryResultsResponse;
 import com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.QueryRequest;
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ public com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.Routine call() throws IOException
                 }
               },
               getOptions().getRetrySettings(),
-              getOptions().getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              getRetryAlgorithmWithHttpRetry(),
               getOptions().getClock(),
               EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
               getOptions().isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -592,7 +593,7 @@ public com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.Dataset call() throws IOException
                 }
               },
               getOptions().getRetrySettings(),
-              getOptions().getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              getRetryAlgorithmWithHttpRetry(),
               getOptions().getClock(),
               EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
               getOptions().isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -658,7 +659,7 @@ private static Page<Dataset> listDatasets(
                 }
               },
               serviceOptions.getRetrySettings(),
-              serviceOptions.getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              BigQueryRetryHelper.maybeWrapForHttpRetry(serviceOptions.getResultRetryAlgorithm()),
               serviceOptions.getClock(),
               EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
               serviceOptions.isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -1131,7 +1132,7 @@ public com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.Table call() throws IOException {
                 }
               },
               getOptions().getRetrySettings(),
-              getOptions().getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              getRetryAlgorithmWithHttpRetry(),
               getOptions().getClock(),
               EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
               getOptions().isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -1190,7 +1191,7 @@ public com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.Model call() throws IOException {
                 }
               },
               getOptions().getRetrySettings(),
-              getOptions().getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              getRetryAlgorithmWithHttpRetry(),
               getOptions().getClock(),
               EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
               getOptions().isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -1249,7 +1250,7 @@ public com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.Routine call() throws IOException
                 }
               },
               getOptions().getRetrySettings(),
-              getOptions().getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              getRetryAlgorithmWithHttpRetry(),
               getOptions().getClock(),
               EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
               getOptions().isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -1467,7 +1468,7 @@ public Tuple<String, Iterable<com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.Table>> cal
                 }
               },
               serviceOptions.getRetrySettings(),
-              serviceOptions.getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              BigQueryRetryHelper.maybeWrapForHttpRetry(serviceOptions.getResultRetryAlgorithm()),
               serviceOptions.getClock(),
               EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
               serviceOptions.isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -1508,7 +1509,7 @@ public Tuple<String, Iterable<com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.Model>> cal
                 }
               },
               serviceOptions.getRetrySettings(),
-              serviceOptions.getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              BigQueryRetryHelper.maybeWrapForHttpRetry(serviceOptions.getResultRetryAlgorithm()),
               serviceOptions.getClock(),
               EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
               serviceOptions.isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -1549,7 +1550,7 @@ private static Page<Routine> listRoutines(
                 }
               },
               serviceOptions.getRetrySettings(),
-              serviceOptions.getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              BigQueryRetryHelper.maybeWrapForHttpRetry(serviceOptions.getResultRetryAlgorithm()),
               serviceOptions.getClock(),
               EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
               serviceOptions.isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -1725,7 +1726,7 @@ public TableDataList call() throws IOException {
                 }
               },
               serviceOptions.getRetrySettings(),
-              serviceOptions.getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              BigQueryRetryHelper.maybeWrapForHttpRetry(serviceOptions.getResultRetryAlgorithm()),
               serviceOptions.getClock(),
               EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
               serviceOptions.isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -1802,7 +1803,7 @@ public com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.Job call() throws IOException {
                 }
               },
               getOptions().getRetrySettings(),
-              getOptions().getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              getRetryAlgorithmWithHttpRetry(),
               getOptions().getClock(),
               EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
               getOptions().isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -1859,7 +1860,7 @@ public Tuple<String, Iterable<com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.Job>> call(
                 }
               },
               serviceOptions.getRetrySettings(),
-              serviceOptions.getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              BigQueryRetryHelper.maybeWrapForHttpRetry(serviceOptions.getResultRetryAlgorithm()),
               serviceOptions.getClock(),
               EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
               serviceOptions.isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -1914,7 +1915,7 @@ public Boolean call() throws IOException {
             }
           },
           getOptions().getRetrySettings(),
-          getOptions().getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+          getRetryAlgorithmWithHttpRetry(),
           getOptions().getClock(),
           EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
           getOptions().isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -2169,7 +2170,7 @@ public GetQueryResultsResponse call() throws IOException {
                 }
               },
               serviceOptions.getRetrySettings(),
-              serviceOptions.getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              BigQueryRetryHelper.maybeWrapForHttpRetry(serviceOptions.getResultRetryAlgorithm()),
               serviceOptions.getClock(),
               DEFAULT_RETRY_CONFIG,
               serviceOptions.isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -2240,7 +2241,7 @@ public com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.Policy call() throws IOException {
                 }
               },
               getOptions().getRetrySettings(),
-              getOptions().getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              getRetryAlgorithmWithHttpRetry(),
               getOptions().getClock(),
               EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
               getOptions().isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -2334,7 +2335,7 @@ public com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.TestIamPermissionsResponse call()
                 }
               },
               getOptions().getRetrySettings(),
-              getOptions().getResultRetryAlgorithm(),
+              getRetryAlgorithmWithHttpRetry(),
               getOptions().getClock(),
               EMPTY_RETRY_CONFIG,
               getOptions().isOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled(),
@@ -2411,4 +2412,16 @@ private static boolean isRetryErrorCodeHttpNotFound(BigQueryRetryHelperException
     }
     return false;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Helper to retrieve the retry algorithm wrapped for HTTP error retries.
+   *
+   * <p>This delegates to {@link BigQueryRetryHelper#maybeWrapForHttpRetry} to ensure safe
+   * conditional wrapping of the default algorithm while leaving custom user algorithms untouched.
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  private <V> ResultRetryAlgorithm<V> getRetryAlgorithmWithHttpRetry() {
+    return BigQueryRetryHelper.maybeWrapForHttpRetry(
+        (ResultRetryAlgorithm<V>) getOptions().getResultRetryAlgorithm());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryRetryHelper.java b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryRetryHelper.java
index 98adb0b273e1..089e7cd78c33 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryRetryHelper.java
+++ b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryRetryHelper.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.google.cloud.bigquery;
 
+import com.google.api.client.http.HttpResponseException;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiClock;
 import com.google.api.gax.retrying.DirectRetryingExecutor;
 import com.google.api.gax.retrying.ExponentialRetryAlgorithm;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 import com.google.api.gax.retrying.RetrySettings;
 import com.google.api.gax.retrying.RetryingExecutor;
 import com.google.api.gax.retrying.RetryingFuture;
+import com.google.api.gax.retrying.TimedAttemptSettings;
 import com.google.api.gax.retrying.TimedRetryAlgorithm;
 import com.google.cloud.RetryHelper;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
@@ -119,6 +121,49 @@ private static <V> V run(
     return retryingFuture.get();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Conditionally wraps the provided retry algorithm with a wrapper that retries on transient HTTP
+   * errors.
+   *
+   * <p>Wrapping only occurs if the provided algorithm is the default {@link
+   * BigQueryBaseService#DEFAULT_BIGQUERY_EXCEPTION_HANDLER}. Custom user-defined retry algorithms
+   * are returned unmodified to preserve custom retry policies.
+   */
+  static <V> ResultRetryAlgorithm<V> maybeWrapForHttpRetry(ResultRetryAlgorithm<V> algorithm) {
+    if (algorithm == BigQueryBaseService.DEFAULT_BIGQUERY_EXCEPTION_HANDLER) {
+      return wrapDefaultAlgorithm(algorithm);
+    }
+    return algorithm;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Wraps the default retry algorithm to additionally retry on transient HTTP status codes 500,
+   * 502, 503, and 504. Other retry decisions and timing logic are delegated back to the default
+   * algorithm.
+   */
+  private static <V> ResultRetryAlgorithm<V> wrapDefaultAlgorithm(
+      ResultRetryAlgorithm<V> defaultAlgorithm) {
+    return new ResultRetryAlgorithm<V>() {
+      @Override
+      public TimedAttemptSettings createNextAttempt(
+          Throwable previousThrowable, V previousResponse, TimedAttemptSettings previousSettings) {
+        return defaultAlgorithm.createNextAttempt(
+            previousThrowable, previousResponse, previousSettings);
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public boolean shouldRetry(Throwable previousThrowable, V previousResponse) {
+        if (previousThrowable instanceof HttpResponseException) {
+          int statusCode = ((HttpResponseException) previousThrowable).getStatusCode();
+          if (statusCode == 500 || statusCode == 502 || statusCode == 503 || statusCode == 504) {
+            return true;
+          }
+        }
+        return defaultAlgorithm.shouldRetry(previousThrowable, previousResponse);
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
   public static class BigQueryRetryHelperException extends RuntimeException {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -8519852520090965314L;
diff --git a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImplTest.java b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImplTest.java
index 20a6ef679e89..7fea041b4025 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImplTest.java
+++ b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImplTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+import com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonError;
+import com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonResponseException;
+import com.google.api.client.http.HttpHeaders;
+import com.google.api.client.http.HttpResponseException;
 import com.google.api.gax.paging.Page;
 import com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.ErrorProto;
 import com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.GetQueryResultsResponse;
@@ -935,6 +939,37 @@ void testGetTable() throws IOException {
         .getTableSkipExceptionTranslation(PROJECT, DATASET, TABLE, EMPTY_RPC_OPTIONS);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testGetTableFailureShouldRetryServerErrors() throws IOException {
+    GoogleJsonError error = new GoogleJsonError();
+    error.setMessage("Visibility check was unavailable. Please retry the request");
+    error.setCode(503);
+    GoogleJsonError.ErrorInfo errorInfo = new GoogleJsonError.ErrorInfo();
+    errorInfo.setReason("backendError");
+    error.setErrors(ImmutableList.of(errorInfo));
+
+    when(bigqueryRpcMock.getTableSkipExceptionTranslation(
+            PROJECT, DATASET, TABLE, EMPTY_RPC_OPTIONS))
+        .thenThrow(new GoogleJsonResponseException(serverErrorResponse(), error))
+        .thenReturn(TABLE_INFO_WITH_PROJECT.toPb());
+
+    bigquery =
+        options.toBuilder()
+            .setRetrySettings(ServiceOptions.getDefaultRetrySettings())
+            .build()
+            .getService();
+
+    Table table = bigquery.getTable(DATASET, TABLE);
+
+    assertEquals(new Table(bigquery, new TableInfo.BuilderImpl(TABLE_INFO_WITH_PROJECT)), table);
+    verify(bigqueryRpcMock, times(2))
+        .getTableSkipExceptionTranslation(PROJECT, DATASET, TABLE, EMPTY_RPC_OPTIONS);
+  }
+
+  private static HttpResponseException.Builder serverErrorResponse() {
+    return new HttpResponseException.Builder(503, "Service Unavailable", new HttpHeaders());
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testGetModel() throws IOException {
     when(bigqueryRpcMock.getModelSkipExceptionTranslation(