diff --git a/lib/api-client.js b/lib/api-client.js
index d627bc37f..bb3d3db5d 100644
--- a/lib/api-client.js
+++ b/lib/api-client.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 const path = __importStar(require("path"));
 const githubUtils = __importStar(require("@actions/github/lib/utils"));
+const retry = __importStar(require("@octokit/plugin-retry"));
 const console_log_level_1 = __importDefault(require("console-log-level"));
 const actions_util_1 = require("./actions-util");
 const util_1 = require("./util");
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ var DisallowedAPIVersionReason;
 })(DisallowedAPIVersionReason = exports.DisallowedAPIVersionReason || (exports.DisallowedAPIVersionReason = {}));
 exports.getApiClient = function (apiDetails, { allowExternal = false } = {}) {
     const auth = (allowExternal && apiDetails.externalRepoAuth) || apiDetails.auth;
-    return new githubUtils.GitHub(githubUtils.getOctokitOptions(auth, {
+    const retryingOctokit = githubUtils.GitHub.plugin(retry.retry);
+    return new retryingOctokit(githubUtils.getOctokitOptions(auth, {
         baseUrl: getApiUrl(apiDetails.url),
         userAgent: `CodeQL-${util_1.getMode()}/${pkg.version}`,
         log: console_log_level_1.default({ level: "debug" }),
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index 87615a8b5..8bc45548a 100644
--- a/lib/api-client.js.map
+++ b/lib/api-client.js.map
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diff --git a/src/api-client.ts b/src/api-client.ts
index 21b8d9da9..a16ca7e7e 100644
--- a/src/api-client.ts
+++ b/src/api-client.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as path from "path";
 
 import * as githubUtils from "@actions/github/lib/utils";
+import * as retry from "@octokit/plugin-retry";
 import consoleLogLevel from "console-log-level";
 
 import { getRequiredInput } from "./actions-util";
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ export const getApiClient = function (
 ) {
   const auth =
     (allowExternal && apiDetails.externalRepoAuth) || apiDetails.auth;
-  return new githubUtils.GitHub(
+  const retryingOctokit = githubUtils.GitHub.plugin(retry.retry);
+  return new retryingOctokit(
     githubUtils.getOctokitOptions(auth, {
       baseUrl: getApiUrl(apiDetails.url),
       userAgent: `CodeQL-${getMode()}/${pkg.version}`,