diff --git a/SoftLayer/consts.py b/SoftLayer/consts.py
index 79cd61ef7..2bc9bd20a 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/consts.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/consts.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     :license: MIT, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
-VERSION = 'v6.2.1'
+VERSION = 'v6.2.2'
 API_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT = 'https://api.softlayer.com/xmlrpc/v3.1/'
 API_PRIVATE_ENDPOINT = 'https://api.service.softlayer.com/xmlrpc/v3.1/'
 API_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT_REST = 'https://api.softlayer.com/rest/v3.1/'
diff --git a/SoftLayer/transports/transport.py b/SoftLayer/transports/transport.py
index 0454632ba..ab5ebedde 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/transports/transport.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/transports/transport.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def get_session(user_agent):
         'Content-Type': 'application/json',
         'User-Agent': user_agent,
     })
-    retry = Retry(connect=3, backoff_factor=3)
+    retry = Retry(total=3, connect=1, backoff_factor=1)
     adapter = HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry)
     client.mount('https://', adapter)
     return client
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5e57aaa48..d4490fe20 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='SoftLayer',
-    version='v6.2.1',
+    version='v6.2.2',
     description=DESCRIPTION,
     long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
     long_description_content_type='text/x-rst',