diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactory.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactory.java
index 7852ef5e..68161d2b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactory.java
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@ public class RetryGatewayFilterFactory
 		Retry<ServerWebExchange> exceptionRetry = null;
 		if (!retryConfig.getExceptions().isEmpty()) {
 			Predicate<RetryContext<ServerWebExchange>> retryContextPredicate = context -> {
-				if (exceedsMaxIterations(context.applicationContext(), retryConfig)) {
+
+				ServerWebExchange exchange = context.applicationContext();
+
+				if (exceedsMaxIterations(exchange, retryConfig)) {
 					return false;
 				}
 
@@ -133,7 +136,14 @@ public class RetryGatewayFilterFactory
 						trace("exception or its cause is retryable %s, configured exceptions %s",
 								() -> getExceptionNameWithCause(exception),
 								retryConfig::getExceptions);
-						return true;
+
+						HttpMethod httpMethod = exchange.getRequest().getMethod();
+						boolean retryableMethod = retryConfig.getMethods()
+								.contains(httpMethod);
+						trace("retryableMethod: %b, httpMethod %s, configured methods %s",
+								() -> retryableMethod, () -> httpMethod,
+								retryConfig::getMethods);
+						return retryableMethod;
 					}
 				}
 				trace("exception or its cause is not retryable %s, configured exceptions %s",
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactoryIntegrationTests.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactoryIntegrationTests.java
index 98c006b5..1ca17cf3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactoryIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RetryGatewayFilterFactoryIntegrationTests.java
@@ -147,6 +147,27 @@ public class RetryGatewayFilterFactoryIntegrationTests extends BaseWebClientTest
 		assertThat(TestConfig.map.get("sleepyRequest")).isNotNull().hasValue(3);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void shouldNotRetryWhenSleepyRequestPost() throws Exception {
+		testClient.mutate().responseTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10)).build().post()
+				.uri("/sleep?key=notRetriesSleepyRequestPost&millis=3000")
+				.header(HttpHeaders.HOST, "www.retry-only-get.org").exchange()
+				.expectStatus().isEqualTo(HttpStatus.GATEWAY_TIMEOUT);
+
+		assertThat(TestConfig.map.get("notRetriesSleepyRequestPost")).isNotNull()
+				.hasValue(1);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void shouldRetryWhenSleepyRequestGet() throws Exception {
+		testClient.mutate().responseTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10)).build().get()
+				.uri("/sleep?key=sleepyRequestGet&millis=3000")
+				.header(HttpHeaders.HOST, "www.retry-only-get.org").exchange()
+				.expectStatus().isEqualTo(HttpStatus.GATEWAY_TIMEOUT);
+
+		assertThat(TestConfig.map.get("sleepyRequestGet")).isNotNull().hasValue(3);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public void retryFilterLoadBalancedWithMultipleServers() {
@@ -252,7 +273,11 @@ public class RetryGatewayFilterFactoryIntegrationTests extends BaseWebClientTest
 									.retry(config -> config.setRetries(2)
 											.setMethods(HttpMethod.POST, HttpMethod.GET)))
 							.uri(uri))
-
+					.route("retry_only_get", r -> r.host("**.retry-only-get.org")
+							.filters(f -> f.prefixPath("/httpbin")
+									.retry(config -> config.setRetries(2)
+											.setMethods(HttpMethod.GET)))
+							.uri(uri))
 					.route("retry_with_backoff", r -> r.host("**.retrywithbackoff.org")
 							.filters(f -> f.prefixPath("/httpbin").retry(config -> {
 								config.setRetries(2).setBackoff(Duration.ofMillis(100),