diff --git a/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/TemplateUtils.java b/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/TemplateUtils.java
index 53f79ae2b6..59ed9bd908 100644
--- a/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/TemplateUtils.java
+++ b/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/TemplateUtils.java
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ public static CloudBigtableScanConfiguration buildExportConfig(ExportOptions opt
           BigtableOptionsFactory.BIGTABLE_READ_RPC_ATTEMPT_TIMEOUT_MS_KEY,
           options.getBigtableReadRpcAttemptTimeoutMs());
     }
+    if (options.getBigtableMaxAttempts() != null) {
+      configBuilder.withConfiguration(
+          BigtableOptionsFactory.MAX_SCAN_TIMEOUT_RETRIES,
+          ValueProvider.NestedValueProvider.of(
+              options.getBigtableMaxAttempts(), value -> String.valueOf(value)));
+    }
     return configBuilder.build();
   }
 }
diff --git a/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/sequencefiles/ExportJob.java b/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/sequencefiles/ExportJob.java
index b70eef5c7d..9d5806b70d 100644
--- a/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/sequencefiles/ExportJob.java
+++ b/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/sequencefiles/ExportJob.java
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ public interface ExportOptions extends GcpOptions, GcsOptions {
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     void setBigtableFilter(ValueProvider<String> filter);
 
+    @Description("The maximum number of retry attempts for the Bigtable client.")
+    ValueProvider<Integer> getBigtableMaxAttempts();
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    void setBigtableMaxAttempts(ValueProvider<Integer> maxAttempts);
+
     @Description("The destination directory")
     ValueProvider<String> getDestinationPath();
 
diff --git a/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/TemplateUtilsTest.java b/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/TemplateUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0b830d7af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bigtable-dataflow-parent/bigtable-beam-import/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/beam/TemplateUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.google.cloud.bigtable.beam;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.beam.sequencefiles.ExportJob.ExportOptions;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.hbase.BigtableOptionsFactory;
+import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.ValueProvider.StaticValueProvider;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+public class TemplateUtilsTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testBuildExportConfig_propagatesMaxAttempts() {
+    ExportOptions options = Mockito.mock(ExportOptions.class);
+    Mockito.when(options.getBigtableProject()).thenReturn(StaticValueProvider.of("my-project"));
+    Mockito.when(options.getBigtableInstanceId()).thenReturn(StaticValueProvider.of("my-instance"));
+    Mockito.when(options.getBigtableTableId()).thenReturn(StaticValueProvider.of("my-table"));
+    Mockito.when(options.getBigtableMaxAttempts()).thenReturn(StaticValueProvider.of(15));
+    Mockito.when(options.getBigtableAppProfileId()).thenReturn(StaticValueProvider.of("my-app-profile"));
+
+    CloudBigtableScanConfiguration config = TemplateUtils.buildExportConfig(options);
+    Configuration hbaseConfig = config.toHBaseConfig();
+    assertEquals("15", hbaseConfig.get(BigtableOptionsFactory.MAX_SCAN_TIMEOUT_RETRIES));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testBuildExportConfig_defaultMaxAttempts() {
+    ExportOptions options = Mockito.mock(ExportOptions.class);
+    Mockito.when(options.getBigtableProject()).thenReturn(StaticValueProvider.of("my-project"));
+    Mockito.when(options.getBigtableInstanceId()).thenReturn(StaticValueProvider.of("my-instance"));
+    Mockito.when(options.getBigtableTableId()).thenReturn(StaticValueProvider.of("my-table"));
+    Mockito.when(options.getBigtableAppProfileId()).thenReturn(StaticValueProvider.of((String) null));
+    Mockito.when(options.getBigtableMaxAttempts()).thenReturn(null);
+
+    CloudBigtableScanConfiguration config = TemplateUtils.buildExportConfig(options);
+    Configuration hbaseConfig = config.toHBaseConfig();
+    assertNull(hbaseConfig.get(BigtableOptionsFactory.MAX_SCAN_TIMEOUT_RETRIES));
+  }
+}