diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/HttpStorageOptions.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/HttpStorageOptions.java
index b1400bcb6..dac8a010c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/HttpStorageOptions.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/HttpStorageOptions.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import com.google.cloud.http.HttpTransportOptions;
 import com.google.cloud.spi.ServiceRpcFactory;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.BlobWriteSessionConfig.WriterFactory;
-import com.google.cloud.storage.Retrying.DefaultRetrier;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.Retrying.HttpRetrier;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.Retrying.RetryingDependencies;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage.BlobWriteOption;
@@ -409,13 +408,7 @@ public Storage create(StorageOptions options) {
           WriterFactory factory = blobWriteSessionConfig.createFactory(clock);
           StorageImpl storage =
               new StorageImpl(
-                  httpStorageOptions,
-                  factory,
-                  new HttpRetrier(
-                      new DefaultRetrier(
-                          OtelStorageDecorator.retryContextDecorator(otel),
-                          RetryingDependencies.simple(
-                              options.getClock(), options.getRetrySettings()))));
+                  httpStorageOptions, factory, new HttpRetrier(options.createRetrier()));
           return OtelStorageDecorator.decorate(storage, otel, Transport.HTTP);
         } catch (IOException e) {
           throw new IllegalStateException(
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/StorageOptions.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/StorageOptions.java
index 4dac2b43e..723a11dc3 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/StorageOptions.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/StorageOptions.java
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 import com.google.cloud.storage.HttpStorageOptions.HttpStorageDefaults;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.HttpStorageOptions.HttpStorageFactory;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.HttpStorageOptions.HttpStorageRpcFactory;
+import com.google.cloud.storage.Retrying.DefaultRetrier;
+import com.google.cloud.storage.Retrying.Retrier;
+import com.google.cloud.storage.Retrying.RetryingDependencies;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage.BlobWriteOption;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.TransportCompatibility.Transport;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.spi.StorageRpcFactory;
@@ -68,6 +71,12 @@ public abstract class StorageOptions extends ServiceOptions<Storage, StorageOpti
     VERSION = tmp;
   }
 
+  Retrier createRetrier() {
+    return new DefaultRetrier(
+        OtelStorageDecorator.retryContextDecorator(getOpenTelemetry()),
+        RetryingDependencies.simple(getClock(), getRetrySettings()));
+  }
+
   /**
    * @deprecated Use {@link HttpStorageFactory}
    */