diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 259b594c..271c1711 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+- Added retries to ECS task run creation for ECS worker - [#303](https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect-aws/pull/303)
+
 ### Changed
 
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/prefect_aws/workers/ecs_worker.py b/prefect_aws/workers/ecs_worker.py
index 5b55c971..699873a7 100644
--- a/prefect_aws/workers/ecs_worker.py
+++ b/prefect_aws/workers/ecs_worker.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 )
 from pydantic import Field, root_validator
 from slugify import slugify
+from tenacity import retry, stop_after_attempt, wait_fixed, wait_random
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 from prefect_aws import AwsCredentials
@@ -122,6 +123,11 @@
 taskDefinition: "{{ task_definition_arn }}"
 """
 
+# Create task run retry settings
+MAX_CREATE_TASK_RUN_ATTEMPTS = 3
+CREATE_TASK_RUN_MIN_DELAY_SECONDS = 1
+CREATE_TASK_RUN_MIN_DELAY_JITTER_SECONDS = 0
+CREATE_TASK_RUN_MAX_DELAY_JITTER_SECONDS = 3
 
 _TASK_DEFINITION_CACHE: Dict[UUID, str] = {}
 _TAG_REGEX = r"[^a-zA-Z0-9-_.=+-@: ]+"
@@ -1421,6 +1427,14 @@ def _prepare_task_run_request(
 
         return task_run_request
 
+    @retry(
+        stop=stop_after_attempt(MAX_CREATE_TASK_RUN_ATTEMPTS),
+        wait=wait_fixed(CREATE_TASK_RUN_MIN_DELAY_SECONDS)
+        + wait_random(
+            CREATE_TASK_RUN_MIN_DELAY_JITTER_SECONDS,
+            CREATE_TASK_RUN_MAX_DELAY_JITTER_SECONDS,
+        ),
+    )
     def _create_task_run(self, ecs_client: _ECSClient, task_run_request: dict) -> str:
         """
         Create a run of a task definition.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1e700c1a..40b6007d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 boto3>=1.24.53
 botocore>=1.27.53
-prefect>=2.10.11
 mypy_boto3_s3>=1.24.94
-mypy_boto3_secretsmanager>=1.26.49
\ No newline at end of file
+mypy_boto3_secretsmanager>=1.26.49
+prefect>=2.10.11
+tenacity>=8.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/workers/test_ecs_worker.py b/tests/workers/test_ecs_worker.py
index f222d191..4ebfb158 100644
--- a/tests/workers/test_ecs_worker.py
+++ b/tests/workers/test_ecs_worker.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from moto.ec2.utils import generate_instance_identity_document
 from prefect.server.schemas.core import FlowRun
 from prefect.utilities.asyncutils import run_sync_in_worker_thread
+from tenacity import RetryError
 
 from prefect_aws.workers.ecs_worker import (
     _TASK_DEFINITION_CACHE,
@@ -1900,3 +1901,26 @@ async def test_kill_infrastructure_with_grace_period(aws_credentials, caplog, fl
 
     # Logs warning
     assert "grace period of 60s requested, but AWS does not support" in caplog.text
+
+
+async def test_retry_on_failed_task_start(
+    aws_credentials: AwsCredentials, flow_run, ecs_mocks
+):
+    run_task_mock = MagicMock(return_value=[])
+
+    configuration = await construct_configuration(
+        aws_credentials=aws_credentials, command="echo test"
+    )
+
+    inject_moto_patches(
+        ecs_mocks,
+        {
+            "run_task": [run_task_mock],
+        },
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(RetryError):
+        async with ECSWorker(work_pool_name="test") as worker:
+            await run_then_stop_task(worker, configuration, flow_run)
+
+    assert run_task_mock.call_count == 3