diff --git a/python_modules/libraries/dagster-k8s/dagster_k8s/client.py b/python_modules/libraries/dagster-k8s/dagster_k8s/client.py
index 68c696b898887..7833486f3f220 100644
--- a/python_modules/libraries/dagster-k8s/dagster_k8s/client.py
+++ b/python_modules/libraries/dagster-k8s/dagster_k8s/client.py
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ class DagsterK8sPipelineStatusException(Exception):
     503,  # Service unavailable
     504,  # Gateway timeout
     500,  # Internal server error
+    # typically not transient, but some k8s clusters raise it transiently: https://github.com/aws/containers-roadmap/issues/1810
+    401,  # Authorization Failure
 ]