diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/iceberg/iceberg_common.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/iceberg/iceberg_common.py
index a1ac7f67ae6cf..0607ea1391bb6 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/iceberg/iceberg_common.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/iceberg/iceberg_common.py
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 from humanfriendly import format_timespan
 from pydantic import Field, validator
 from pyiceberg.catalog import Catalog, load_catalog
+from pyiceberg.catalog.rest import RestCatalog
+from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
 from sortedcontainers import SortedList
+from urllib3.util import Retry
 
 from datahub.configuration.common import AllowDenyPattern, ConfigModel
 from datahub.configuration.source_common import DatasetSourceConfigMixin
@@ -26,6 +29,23 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+DEFAULT_REST_TIMEOUT = 120
+DEFAULT_REST_RETRY_POLICY = {"total": 3, "backoff_factor": 0.1}
+
+
+class TimeoutHTTPAdapter(HTTPAdapter):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if "timeout" in kwargs:
+            self.timeout = kwargs["timeout"]
+            del kwargs["timeout"]
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def send(self, request, **kwargs):
+        timeout = kwargs.get("timeout")
+        if timeout is None and hasattr(self, "timeout"):
+            kwargs["timeout"] = self.timeout
+        return super().send(request, **kwargs)
+
 
 class IcebergProfilingConfig(ConfigModel):
     enabled: bool = Field(
@@ -146,7 +166,26 @@ def get_catalog(self) -> Catalog:
         logger.debug(
             "Initializing the catalog %s with config: %s", catalog_name, catalog_config
         )
-        return load_catalog(name=catalog_name, **catalog_config)
+        catalog = load_catalog(name=catalog_name, **catalog_config)
+        if isinstance(catalog, RestCatalog):
+            logger.debug(
+                "Recognized REST catalog type being configured, attempting to configure HTTP Adapter for the session"
+            )
+            retry_policy: Dict[str, Any] = DEFAULT_REST_RETRY_POLICY.copy()
+            retry_policy.update(catalog_config.get("connection", {}).get("retry", {}))
+            retries = Retry(**retry_policy)
+            logger.debug(f"Retry policy to be set: {retry_policy}")
+            timeout = catalog_config.get("connection", {}).get(
+                "timeout", DEFAULT_REST_TIMEOUT
+            )
+            logger.debug(f"Timeout to be set: {timeout}")
+            catalog._session.mount(
+                "http://", TimeoutHTTPAdapter(timeout=timeout, max_retries=retries)
+            )
+            catalog._session.mount(
+                "https://", TimeoutHTTPAdapter(timeout=timeout, max_retries=retries)
+            )
+        return catalog
 
 
 class TopTableTimings: