diff --git a/sdk/azidentity/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/azidentity/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b2166a87974..213de2b6f972 100644
--- a/sdk/azidentity/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/azidentity/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 ### Bugs Fixed
 
 ### Other Changes
+- By default, `ManagedIdentityCredential` retries IMDS requests for a maximum of ~70 seconds as recommended
+  in IMDS documentation. In previous versions, it would stop retrying after ~54 seconds by default.
 
 ## 1.10.1 (2025-06-10)
 
diff --git a/sdk/azidentity/managed_identity_client.go b/sdk/azidentity/managed_identity_client.go
index b3a0f85883fa..0735d1fcbef4 100644
--- a/sdk/azidentity/managed_identity_client.go
+++ b/sdk/azidentity/managed_identity_client.go
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ type managedIdentityClient struct {
 // setIMDSRetryOptionDefaults sets zero-valued fields to default values appropriate for IMDS
 func setIMDSRetryOptionDefaults(o *policy.RetryOptions) {
 	if o.MaxRetries == 0 {
-		o.MaxRetries = 5
+		o.MaxRetries = 6
 	}
 	if o.MaxRetryDelay == 0 {
-		o.MaxRetryDelay = 1 * time.Minute
+		o.MaxRetryDelay = 25 * time.Second
 	}
 	if o.RetryDelay == 0 {
 		o.RetryDelay = 2 * time.Second