diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4a2e61d..effda90 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "@actions/github": "^6.0.0",
         "@actions/http-client": "^2.2.3",
         "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.2",
+        "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^6.1.0",
         "@types/node": "^22.13.10",
         "@types/semver": "^7.5.8",
         "@types/tmp": "^0.2.6",
@@ -570,6 +571,23 @@
         "@octokit/openapi-types": "^20.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@octokit/plugin-retry": {
+      "version": "6.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-retry/-/plugin-retry-6.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-WrO3bvq4E1Xh1r2mT9w6SDFg01gFmP81nIG77+p/MqW1JeXXgL++6umim3t6x0Zj5pZm3rXAN+0HEjmmdhIRig==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@octokit/request-error": "^5.0.0",
+        "@octokit/types": "^13.0.0",
+        "bottleneck": "^2.15.3"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 18"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "@octokit/core": "5"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@octokit/request": {
       "version": "8.4.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/request/-/request-8.4.1.tgz",
@@ -1239,6 +1257,12 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/before-after-hook/-/before-after-hook-2.2.3.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-NzUnlZexiaH/46WDhANlyR2bXRopNg4F/zuSA3OpZnllCUgRaOF2znDioDWrmbNVsuZk6l9pMquQB38cfBZwkQ=="
     },
+    "node_modules/bottleneck": {
+      "version": "2.19.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bottleneck/-/bottleneck-2.19.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VHiNCbI1lKdl44tGrhNfU3lup0Tj/ZBMJB5/2ZbNXRCPuRCO7ed2mgcK4r17y+KB2EfuYuRaVlwNbAeaWGSpbw==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/brace-expansion": {
       "version": "1.1.11",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-1.1.11.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0b1f3b..d68936a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
     "@actions/github": "^6.0.0",
     "@actions/http-client": "^2.2.3",
+    "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^6.1.0",
     "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.2",
     "@types/node": "^22.13.10",
     "@types/semver": "^7.5.8",
diff --git a/src/patch.ts b/src/patch.ts
index aed412b..f2bb412 100644
--- a/src/patch.ts
+++ b/src/patch.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as core from "@actions/core"
 import * as github from "@actions/github"
 import { Context } from "@actions/github/lib/context"
+import * as pluginRetry from "@octokit/plugin-retry"
 import fs from "fs"
 import path from "path"
 import { dir } from "tmp"
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ async function fetchPullRequestPatch(ctx: Context): Promise<string> {
     return ``
   }
 
-  const octokit = github.getOctokit(core.getInput(`github-token`, { required: true }))
+  const octokit = github.getOctokit(core.getInput(`github-token`, { required: true }), {}, pluginRetry.retry)
 
   let patch: string
   try {
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ async function fetchPullRequestPatch(ctx: Context): Promise<string> {
 }
 
 async function fetchPushPatch(ctx: Context): Promise<string> {
-  const octokit = github.getOctokit(core.getInput(`github-token`, { required: true }))
+  const octokit = github.getOctokit(core.getInput(`github-token`, { required: true }), {}, pluginRetry.retry)
 
   let patch: string
   try {