diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 51c6e6608..05a0f0561 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [0.13.5] - Unreleased
+## [0.13.5] - 2020-12-09
 ### Fixed
+- Issue where flushers would retry indefinitely
 - Issue where flushers would improperly reuse the same http request multiple times
 
 ## [0.13.4] - 2020-12-07
diff --git a/operator/flusher/flusher.go b/operator/flusher/flusher.go
index 953431f42..c2ce969c8 100644
--- a/operator/flusher/flusher.go
+++ b/operator/flusher/flusher.go
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sync/semaphore"
 )
 
+// These are vars so they can be overridden in tests
+var maxRetryInterval = time.Minute
+var maxElapsedTime = time.Hour
+
 // Config holds the configuration to build a new flusher
 type Config struct {
 	// MaxConcurrent is the maximum number of goroutines flushing entries concurrently.
@@ -55,10 +59,10 @@ type Flusher struct {
 	*zap.SugaredLogger
 }
 
+// FlushFunc is any function that flushes
 type FlushFunc func(context.Context) error
 
-// TODO error enumeration
-
+// Do executes the flusher function in a goroutine
 func (f *Flusher) Do(flush FlushFunc) {
 	// Wait until we have free flusher goroutines
 	if err := f.sem.Acquire(f.ctx, 1); err != nil {
@@ -127,8 +131,8 @@ func newExponentialBackoff() *backoff.ExponentialBackOff {
 		InitialInterval:     50 * time.Millisecond,
 		RandomizationFactor: backoff.DefaultRandomizationFactor,
 		Multiplier:          backoff.DefaultMultiplier,
-		MaxInterval:         10 * time.Minute,
-		MaxElapsedTime:      time.Duration(0),
+		MaxInterval:         maxRetryInterval,
+		MaxElapsedTime:      maxElapsedTime,
 		Stop:                backoff.Stop,
 		Clock:               backoff.SystemClock,
 	}
diff --git a/operator/flusher/flusher_test.go b/operator/flusher/flusher_test.go
index f43a63079..c371da389 100644
--- a/operator/flusher/flusher_test.go
+++ b/operator/flusher/flusher_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestFlusher(t *testing.T) {
+
+	// Override setting for test
+	maxElapsedTime = 5 * time.Second
+
 	outChan := make(chan struct{}, 100)
 	flusherCfg := NewConfig()
 	flusher := flusherCfg.Build(zaptest.NewLogger(t).Sugar())
@@ -30,9 +34,24 @@ func TestFlusher(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
 		select {
-		case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
 			require.FailNow(t, "timed out")
 		case <-outChan:
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMaxElapsedTime(t *testing.T) {
+
+	// Override setting for test
+	maxElapsedTime = 100 * time.Millisecond
+
+	flusherCfg := NewConfig()
+	flusher := flusherCfg.Build(zaptest.NewLogger(t).Sugar())
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	flusher.flushWithRetry(context.Background(), func(_ context.Context) error {
+		return errors.New("never flushes")
+	})
+	require.WithinDuration(t, start.Add(maxElapsedTime), time.Now(), maxElapsedTime)
+}