diff --git a/src/axios.ts b/src/axios.ts
index 73ca050..4883869 100644
--- a/src/axios.ts
+++ b/src/axios.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import axios, {AxiosError, AxiosInstance, AxiosRequestConfig} from 'axios';
 import axiosRetry, {IAxiosRetryConfig, isRetryableError} from 'axios-retry';
 import isRetryAllowed from 'is-retry-allowed';
+import {isNil} from 'lodash';
 import {Logger} from 'pino';
 
 import {wrapApiError} from './errors';
@@ -43,8 +44,13 @@ export function makeAxiosInstanceWithRetry(
   return makeAxiosInstance(config, {
     retries,
     retryCondition: (error) => {
+      const isGraphQLEndpoint = !isNil(error.config.url)
+        && error.config.url.endsWith('graphql')
+        && error.config.method === 'post';
       // Timeouts should be retryable
-      return isNetworkError(error) || isRetryableError(error);
+      // 409 is an edit conflict error, which is retryable for GraphQL endpoints
+      return isNetworkError(error) || isRetryableError(error)
+        || isGraphQLEndpoint && error.response?.status === 409;
     },
     retryDelay: (retryNumber, error) => {
       if (logger) {
diff --git a/test/axios.test.ts b/test/axios.test.ts
index 800e741..21c12bb 100644
--- a/test/axios.test.ts
+++ b/test/axios.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ describe('axios', () => {
     transport: {target: 'pino-pretty', options: {levelFirst: true}},
   });
 
+  function mockPostCode(url: string, code: number) {
+    return nock(apiUrl)
+      .post(url)
+      .reply(code)
+      .post(url)
+      .reply(code)
+      .post(url)
+      .reply(code)
+      .post(url)
+      .reply(200, {tenantId: '1'});
+  }
+
   test('get resource with retry', async () => {
     const mock = nock(apiUrl)
       .get('/hi')
@@ -33,16 +45,22 @@ describe('axios', () => {
     mock.done();
   });
 
+  test('get graphql with 409 should fail', async () => {
+    const mock = nock(apiUrl).get('/graphs/foo/graphql').reply(409);
+    const client = sut.makeAxiosInstanceWithRetry(
+      {baseURL: apiUrl},
+      undefined,
+      3,
+      100
+    );
+    await expect(client.get('/graphs/foo/graphql')).rejects.toThrowError(
+      'Request failed with status code 409'
+    );
+    mock.done();
+  });
+
   test('post resource with retry', async () => {
-    const mock = nock(apiUrl)
-      .post('/hi')
-      .reply(502)
-      .post('/hi')
-      .reply(502)
-      .post('/hi')
-      .reply(502)
-      .post('/hi')
-      .reply(200, {tenantId: '1'});
+    const mock = mockPostCode('/hi', 502);
     const client = sut.makeAxiosInstanceWithRetry(
       {baseURL: apiUrl},
       undefined,
@@ -55,6 +73,34 @@ describe('axios', () => {
     mock.done();
   });
 
+  test('post graphql with 409 should retry', async () => {
+    const mock = mockPostCode('/graphs/foo/graphql', 409);
+    const client = sut.makeAxiosInstanceWithRetry(
+      {baseURL: apiUrl},
+      undefined,
+      3,
+      100
+    );
+    const res = await client.post('/graphs/foo/graphql');
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.data).toStrictEqual({tenantId: '1'});
+    mock.done();
+  });
+
+  test('post non-graphql with 409 should fail', async () => {
+    const mock = nock(apiUrl).post('/hi').reply(409);
+    const client = sut.makeAxiosInstanceWithRetry(
+      {baseURL: apiUrl},
+      undefined,
+      3,
+      100
+    );
+    await expect(client.post('/hi')).rejects.toThrowError(
+      'Request failed with status code 409'
+    );
+    mock.done();
+  });
+
   test('give up after a retry', async () => {
     const mock = nock(apiUrl).get('/hi').reply(502).get('/hi').reply(404);
     const client = sut.makeAxiosInstanceWithRetry(