diff --git a/ironic_python_agent/inspector.py b/ironic_python_agent/inspector.py
index 2b6f2b593..9cfeb4e91 100644
--- a/ironic_python_agent/inspector.py
+++ b/ironic_python_agent/inspector.py
@@ -134,15 +134,20 @@ def call_inspector(data, failures):
 
     @tenacity.retry(
         retry=tenacity.retry_if_exception_type(
-            requests.exceptions.ConnectionError),
+            (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
+             requests.exceptions.HTTPError)),
         stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(_RETRY_ATTEMPTS),
-        wait=tenacity.wait_fixed(_RETRY_WAIT),
+        wait=tenacity.wait_exponential(multiplier=1.5,
+                                       min=_RETRY_WAIT, max=30),
         reraise=True)
     def _post_to_inspector():
-        return requests.post(
+        inspector_resp = requests.post(
             CONF.inspection_callback_url, data=data,
-            verify=verify, cert=cert,
-            timeout=CONF.http_request_timeout)
+            verify=verify, cert=cert, timeout=CONF.http_request_timeout)
+        if inspector_resp.status_code >= 500:
+            raise requests.exceptions.HTTPError(response=inspector_resp)
+
+        return inspector_resp
 
     resp = _post_to_inspector()
     if resp.status_code >= 400:
diff --git a/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/test_inspector.py b/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/test_inspector.py
index cc6aa4d1a..cd5f2eae0 100644
--- a/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/test_inspector.py
+++ b/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/test_inspector.py
@@ -204,6 +204,34 @@ class TestCallInspector(base.IronicAgentTest):
                           data, failures)
         self.assertEqual(5, mock_post.call_count)
 
+    @mock.patch.object(inspector, '_RETRY_WAIT', 0.01)
+    @mock.patch.object(inspector, '_RETRY_ATTEMPTS', 3)
+    def test_inspector_retries_on_50X_error(self, mock_post):
+        mock_post.side_effect = [mock.Mock(status_code=500),
+                                 mock.Mock(status_code=501),
+                                 mock.Mock(status_code=502)]
+        failures = utils.AccumulatedFailures()
+        data = collections.OrderedDict(data=42)
+        self.assertRaises(requests.exceptions.HTTPError,
+                          inspector.call_inspector,
+                          data, failures)
+        self.assertEqual(3, mock_post.call_count)
+
+    @mock.patch.object(inspector, '_RETRY_WAIT', 0.01)
+    @mock.patch.object(inspector, '_RETRY_ATTEMPTS', 2)
+    def test_inspector_retry_on_50X_and_succeed(self, mock_post):
+        mock_post.side_effect = [mock.Mock(status_code=503),
+                                 mock.Mock(status_code=200)]
+
+        failures = utils.AccumulatedFailures()
+        data = collections.OrderedDict(data=42)
+        inspector.call_inspector(data, failures)
+        self.assertEqual(2, mock_post.call_count)
+        mock_post.assert_called_with('url',
+                                     cert=None, verify=True,
+                                     data='{"data": 42, "error": null}',
+                                     timeout=30)
+
 
 class BaseDiscoverTest(base.IronicAgentTest):
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/inspector-retry-502-2b286e2ccc64c195.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/inspector-retry-502-2b286e2ccc64c195.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4bf726dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/inspector-retry-502-2b286e2ccc64c195.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes the post data to inspector to retry in 50X errors.