diff --git a/generator/.DevConfigs/1cecd29e-66f5-4ac7-be16-2df3ba18f3d2.json b/generator/.DevConfigs/1cecd29e-66f5-4ac7-be16-2df3ba18f3d2.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e794ed2d15f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generator/.DevConfigs/1cecd29e-66f5-4ac7-be16-2df3ba18f3d2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "services": [
+    {
+      "serviceName": "DynamoDBv2",
+      "type": "patch",
+      "changeLogMessages": [
+        "Add DynamoDBRetryPolicy.WaitBeforeRetryAsync override method in order to use the updated retry logic for async retries."
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdk/src/Services/DynamoDBv2/Custom/Internal/DynamoDBRetryPolicy.cs b/sdk/src/Services/DynamoDBv2/Custom/Internal/DynamoDBRetryPolicy.cs
index ce9270383ab4..a59298271fc2 100644
--- a/sdk/src/Services/DynamoDBv2/Custom/Internal/DynamoDBRetryPolicy.cs
+++ b/sdk/src/Services/DynamoDBv2/Custom/Internal/DynamoDBRetryPolicy.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-/*
+/*
  * Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
- * 
+ *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
  * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * A copy of the License is located at
- * 
+ *
  *  http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0
- * 
+ *
  * or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file is distributed
  * on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either
  * express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Amazon.Runtime;
 using Amazon.Runtime.Internal;
 
@@ -38,12 +35,12 @@ public DynamoDBRetryPolicy(IClientConfig config) :
             base(config)
         {
             ThrottlingErrorCodes.Add("TransactionInProgressException");
-               
-            //When derived from DefaultRetryPolicy, we are in legacy retry 
+
+            //When derived from DefaultRetryPolicy, we are in legacy retry
             //mode. When in legacy retry mode MaxErrorRetry used to be set
             //to 10 in the DynamoDB and DynamoDBStreams configs. This
             //can no longer be set in the configs because the retry mode
-            //may not be known at that point where standard and adaptive 
+            //may not be known at that point where standard and adaptive
             //retry modes are not to have this default.
             if(!config.IsMaxErrorRetrySet)
             {
@@ -57,24 +54,32 @@ public DynamoDBRetryPolicy(IClientConfig config) :
         /// <param name="executionContext"></param>
         public override void WaitBeforeRetry(IExecutionContext executionContext)
         {
-            pauseExponentially(executionContext.RequestContext.Retries);
+            Amazon.Util.AWSSDKUtils.Sleep(CalculateRetryDelay(executionContext.RequestContext.Retries));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Overriden to cause a pause between retries.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="executionContext"></param>
+        public override Task WaitBeforeRetryAsync(IExecutionContext executionContext)
+        {
+            return Task.Delay(CalculateRetryDelay(executionContext.RequestContext.Retries), executionContext.RequestContext.CancellationToken);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Override the pausing function so retries would happen more frequent then the default operation.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="retries">Current number of retries.</param>
-        private void pauseExponentially(int retries)
+        private int CalculateRetryDelay(int retries)
         {
             int delay;
-               
+
             if (retries <= 0)       delay = 0;
             else if (retries < 20)  delay = Convert.ToInt32(Math.Pow(2, retries - 1) * 50.0);
             else                    delay = Int32.MaxValue;
 
             if (retries > 0 && (delay > MaxBackoffInMilliseconds || delay <= 0))
                 delay = MaxBackoffInMilliseconds;
-            Amazon.Util.AWSSDKUtils.Sleep(delay);
+            return delay;
         }
     }
 }