diff --git a/tests/libs/util/socket_helper.cpp b/tests/libs/util/socket_helper.cpp
index 7cdb930b7c..aaa1f4d8a5 100644
--- a/tests/libs/util/socket_helper.cpp
+++ b/tests/libs/util/socket_helper.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@ _base_socket::_base_socket(
     local_addr.ss_family = address_family;
     INETADDR_SET_PORT((PSOCKADDR)&local_addr, htons(port));
 
-    // Retry bind operation a few times if it fails with WSAENOBUFS (10055) error as it may be transient.
+    auto is_transient_error = [](int err) {
+        return err == WSAENOBUFS || err == WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL || err == WSAEADDRINUSE;
+    };
+
+    // Retry bind operation a few times if it fails with transient network errors (10055, 10049, 10048).
     for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
         error = bind(socket, (PSOCKADDR)&local_addr, sizeof(local_addr));
         if (error == 0) {
@@ -128,19 +132,23 @@ _base_socket::_base_socket(
         // If expecting a bind error, capture it and validate later.
         if (expected_bind_error != 0) {
             _bind_succeeded = false;
-            // Still retry on WSAENOBUFS as it may be transient.
-            if (_actual_bind_error != WSAENOBUFS) {
+            // Still retry on transient errors.
+            if (!is_transient_error(_actual_bind_error)) {
                 break;
             }
         } else {
-            // Default behavior: FAIL on non-transient errors.
-            if (_actual_bind_error != WSAENOBUFS) {
+            // Default behavior: Allow retries on transient network errors.
+            if (!is_transient_error(_actual_bind_error)) {
                 FAIL("Failed to bind socket with error: " << _actual_bind_error);
             }
         }
         Sleep(1000);
     }
 
+    if (expected_bind_error == 0 && !_bind_succeeded) {
+        FAIL("Failed to bind socket after retries with error: " << _actual_bind_error);
+    }
+
     // Validate expected bind error.
     if (expected_bind_error != 0) {
         if (_bind_succeeded) {