diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2124-add-retry-to-ecs_taskdefinition.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2124-add-retry-to-ecs_taskdefinition.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd03aab2d41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2124-add-retry-to-ecs_taskdefinition.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ecs_taskdefinition - avoid throttling exceptions on task definitions with a large number of revisions by using the retry mechanism (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/2123).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ecs_taskdefinition.py b/plugins/modules/ecs_taskdefinition.py
index 25a786e4f4c..9f8871def49 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ecs_taskdefinition.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ecs_taskdefinition.py
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ def fetch():
             if data["nextToken"]:
                 params["nextToken"] = data["nextToken"]
 
-            result = self.ecs.list_task_definitions(**params)
+            result = self.ecs.list_task_definitions(aws_retry=True, **params)
             data["taskDefinitionArns"] += result["taskDefinitionArns"]
             data["nextToken"] = result.get("nextToken", None)
             return data["nextToken"] is not None
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ def fetch():
         return list(
             sorted(
                 [
-                    self.ecs.describe_task_definition(taskDefinition=arn)["taskDefinition"]
+                    self.ecs.describe_task_definition(aws_retry=True, taskDefinition=arn)["taskDefinition"]
                     for arn in data["taskDefinitionArns"]
                 ],
                 key=lambda td: td["revision"],
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ def fetch():
         )
 
     def deregister_task(self, taskArn):
-        response = self.ecs.deregister_task_definition(taskDefinition=taskArn)
+        response = self.ecs.deregister_task_definition(aws_retry=True, taskDefinition=taskArn)
         return response["taskDefinition"]