diff --git a/internal/bridge/client.go b/internal/bridge/client.go
index 172aa996d2..196b062b0f 100644
--- a/internal/bridge/client.go
+++ b/internal/bridge/client.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (c *Client) doWithBackoff(
 	headers.Set("User-Agent", "IVO/"+c.Version)
 	url := c.BaseURL.JoinPath(path).String()
 
-	err := wait.ExponentialBackoff(c.Backoff, func() (bool, error) {
+	err := wait.ExponentialBackoffWithContext(ctx, c.Backoff, func() (bool, error) {
 		// NOTE: The [net/http] package treats an empty [bytes.Reader] the same as nil.
 		request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, method, url, bytes.NewReader(body))
 
diff --git a/internal/bridge/client_test.go b/internal/bridge/client_test.go
index 964240af6c..daca48a4d0 100644
--- a/internal/bridge/client_test.go
+++ b/internal/bridge/client_test.go
@@ -181,6 +181,27 @@ func TestClientDoWithBackoff(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Assert(t, requests > 0, "expected multiple requests")
 	})
 
+	t.Run("CancellationDuringBackoff", func(t *testing.T) {
+		server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
+		}))
+		t.Cleanup(server.Close)
+
+		client := NewClient(server.URL, "")
+		client.Backoff.Duration = 3 * time.Second // nolint:staticcheck
+		client.Backoff.Jitter = 0                 // nolint:staticcheck
+		client.Backoff.Steps = 2                  // nolint:staticcheck
+
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 100*time.Millisecond)
+		t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+		started := time.Now()
+		_, err := client.doWithBackoff(ctx, "POST", "/any", nil, nil) //nolint:bodyclose
+		assert.ErrorIs(t, err, context.DeadlineExceeded)
+		assert.Assert(t, time.Since(started) < time.Second,
+			"cancellation must interrupt the backoff delay")
+	})
+
 	t.Run("Cancellation", func(t *testing.T) {
 		requests := 0
 		server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {