diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index b1d0054..b2b7103 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5"
 	uuid "github.com/satori/go.uuid"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ type conn struct {
 	OutputLocation string
 	workgroup      string
 
+	pollMode      PollMode
 	pollFrequency time.Duration
 
 	resultMode ResultMode
@@ -195,8 +197,16 @@ func (c *conn) startQuery(ctx context.Context, query string) (string, error) {
 	return *resp.QueryExecutionId, nil
 }
 
+func newBackoff(pollMode PollMode, pollFrequency time.Duration) backoff.BackOff {
+	if pollMode == PollModeExponential {
+		return backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()
+	}
+	return backoff.NewConstantBackOff(pollFrequency)
+}
+
 // waitOnQuery blocks until a query finishes, returning an error if it failed.
 func (c *conn) waitOnQuery(ctx context.Context, queryID string) error {
+	backoff := newBackoff(c.pollMode, c.pollFrequency)
 	for {
 		statusResp, err := c.athena.GetQueryExecution(ctx, &athena.GetQueryExecutionInput{
 			QueryExecutionId: aws.String(queryID),
@@ -224,7 +234,7 @@ func (c *conn) waitOnQuery(ctx context.Context, queryID string) error {
 			})
 
 			return ctx.Err()
-		case <-time.After(c.pollFrequency):
+		case <-time.After(backoff.NextBackOff()):
 			continue
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/driver.go b/driver.go
index 47b6be0..98b1678 100644
--- a/driver.go
+++ b/driver.go
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ func init() {
 // "s3://bucket/and/so/forth". In the AWS UI, this defaults to
 // "s3://aws-athena-query-results-<ACCOUNTID>-<REGION>", but the driver requires it.
 //
+// - `poll_mode` (optional)
+// The mode of polling for query results. It should be one of "constant" or "exponential".
+// This defaults to "constant".
+//
 // - `poll_frequency` (optional)
 // Athena's API requires polling to retrieve query results. This is the frequency at
 // which the driver will poll for results. It should be a time/Duration.String().
@@ -110,6 +114,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Open(connStr string) (driver.Conn, error) {
 		athena:         athenaClient,
 		db:             cfg.Database,
 		OutputLocation: cfg.OutputLocation,
+		pollMode:       cfg.PollMode,
 		pollFrequency:  cfg.PollFrequency,
 		workgroup:      cfg.WorkGroup,
 		resultMode:     cfg.ResultMode,
@@ -154,6 +159,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	OutputLocation string
 	WorkGroup      string
 
+	PollMode PollMode
+	// PollFrequency specifies how often query results are polled. It is used when PollMode is set to PollModeConstant.
 	PollFrequency time.Duration
 
 	ResultMode ResultMode
@@ -195,6 +202,14 @@ func configFromConnectionString(connStr string) (*Config, error) {
 		cfg.WorkGroup = "primary"
 	}
 
+	pollModeStr := args.Get("poll_mode")
+	switch pollModeStr {
+	case "constant":
+		cfg.PollMode = PollModeConstant
+	case "exponential":
+		cfg.PollMode = PollModeExponential
+	}
+
 	frequencyStr := args.Get("poll_frequency")
 	if frequencyStr != "" {
 		cfg.PollFrequency, err = time.ParseDuration(frequencyStr)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 94a1889..91795b3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.29.9
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/athena v1.50.1
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3 v1.78.2
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.2
 	github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/trinodb/trino-go-client v0.321.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7dd3a58..39ee979 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.22.3 h1:Z//5NuZCSW6R4PhQ93hShNbyBbn8BWCmCVCt+Q8Io5k=
 github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.22.3/go.mod h1:t1ufH5HMublsJYulve2RKmHDC15xu1f26kHCp/HgceI=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:MyRJ/UdXutAwSAT+s3wNd7MfTIcy71VQueUuFK343L8=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.2 h1:rIfFVxEf1QsI7E1ZHfp/B4DF/6QBAUhmgkxc0H7Zss8=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.2/go.mod h1:rkhZdG3JZukswDf7f0cwqPNk4K0sa+F97BxZthm/crw=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.3 h1:6HVkalIp+2u1ZLH1J/pYX2oBVXlJZvh1X1A7bEZ9Su8=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.3/go.mod h1:F6PTNCKepoxEaXLQp3wDAjygEnImnZ/7o4JzpodfroQ=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
diff --git a/poll_mode.go b/poll_mode.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18eacaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poll_mode.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package athena
+
+// PollMode is the mode of polling for query results.
+type PollMode int
+
+const (
+	// PollModeConstant is the mode of polling for query results in constant intervals.
+	PollModeConstant PollMode = 0
+
+	// PollModeExponential is the mode of polling for query results in exponential intervals.
+	PollModeExponential PollMode = 1
+)