diff --git a/src/databricks/sql/auth/retry.py b/src/databricks/sql/auth/retry.py
index 19f23dba..0acf5d84 100644
--- a/src/databricks/sql/auth/retry.py
+++ b/src/databricks/sql/auth/retry.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.delay_min = delay_min
         self.stop_after_attempts_count = stop_after_attempts_count
         self.stop_after_attempts_duration = stop_after_attempts_duration
-        self.delay_default = delay_default
+        self._delay_default = delay_default
         self.force_dangerous_codes = force_dangerous_codes
 
         # the urllib3 kwargs are a mix of configuration (some of which we override)
@@ -236,13 +236,15 @@ def command_type(self, value: CommandType) -> None:
         self._command_type = value
 
     @property
-    def get_operation_status_delay(self) -> float:
+    def delay_default(self) -> float:
         """Time in seconds the connector will wait between requests polling a GetOperationStatus Request
 
         This property is never read by urllib3 for the purpose of retries. It's stored in this class
-        to keep all retry logic in one place
+        to keep all retry logic in one place.
+
+        This property is only set by __init__ and cannot be modified afterward.
         """
-        return self.delay_default
+        return self._delay_default
 
     def start_retry_timer(self) -> None:
         """Timer is used to monitor the overall time across successive requests
diff --git a/src/databricks/sql/thrift_backend.py b/src/databricks/sql/thrift_backend.py
index 7b991269..14da47fc 100644
--- a/src/databricks/sql/thrift_backend.py
+++ b/src/databricks/sql/thrift_backend.py
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ def attempt_request(attempt):
                 if method.__name__ == gos_name:
                     delay_default = (
                         self.enable_v3_retries
-                        and self.retry_policy.get_operation_status_delay
+                        and self.retry_policy.delay_default
                         or self._retry_delay_default
                     )
                     retry_delay = bound_retry_delay(attempt, delay_default)