diff --git a/cmsdials/utils/api_client.py b/cmsdials/utils/api_client.py
index 4d4e81d..dcc6cf3 100644
--- a/cmsdials/utils/api_client.py
+++ b/cmsdials/utils/api_client.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
 
 import requests
+from requests import Response, Session
+from requests.adapters import DEFAULT_RETRIES, HTTPAdapter
 from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
 
 from ..auth._base import BaseCredentials
@@ -35,6 +37,19 @@ def __endswithslash(value: str) -> str:
             return value + "/"
         return value
 
+    @classmethod
+    def _requests_get(cls, *args, retries=DEFAULT_RETRIES, **kwargs) -> Response:
+        """
+        requests.get() with an additional `retries` parameter.
+
+        Specify retries=<number of attempts - 1> for simple use cases.
+        For advanced usage, see https://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/user/advanced/
+        """
+        with Session() as s:
+            s.mount(cls.PRODUCTION_BASE_URL, HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retries))
+            ret = s.get(*args, **kwargs)
+        return ret
+
     @property
     def api_url(self):
         return self.base_url + self.route + self.version
@@ -79,11 +94,17 @@ def get(self, id: int):  # noqa: A002
         response = response.json()
         return self.data_model(**response)
 
-    def list(self, filters=None):
+    def list(self, filters=None, retries=DEFAULT_RETRIES):
         filters = filters or self.filter_class()
         endpoint_url = self.api_url + self.lookup_url
         headers = self._build_headers()
-        response = requests.get(endpoint_url, headers=headers, params=filters.cleandict(), timeout=self.default_timeout)
+        response = self._requests_get(
+            endpoint_url,
+            headers=headers,
+            params=filters.cleandict(),
+            timeout=self.default_timeout,
+            retries=retries,
+        )
 
         try:
             response.raise_for_status()
@@ -99,7 +120,13 @@ def list(self, filters=None):
 
         raise ValueError("pagination model is None and response is not a list.")
 
-    def __list_sync(self, filters, max_pages: Optional[int] = None, enable_progress: bool = False):
+    def __list_sync(
+        self,
+        filters,
+        max_pages: Optional[int] = None,
+        enable_progress: bool = False,
+        retries=DEFAULT_RETRIES,
+    ):
         next_token = None
         results = []
         is_last_page = False
@@ -112,7 +139,7 @@ def __list_sync(self, filters, max_pages: Optional[int] = None, enable_progress:
         while is_last_page is False:
             curr_filters = self.filter_class(**filters.dict())
             curr_filters.next_token = next_token
-            response = self.list(curr_filters)
+            response = self.list(curr_filters, retries=retries)
             results.extend(response.results)
             is_last_page = response.next is None
             next_token = parse_qs(urlparse(response.next).query).get("next_token") if response.next else None