diff --git a/api-client/libretime_api_client/_client.py b/api-client/libretime_api_client/_client.py
index f1eaac2f3..a2ae4975b 100644
--- a/api-client/libretime_api_client/_client.py
+++ b/api-client/libretime_api_client/_client.py
@@ -26,20 +26,26 @@ class TimeoutHTTPAdapter(HTTPAdapter):
         return super().send(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
+def default_retry(max_retries: int = 5):
+    return Retry(
+        total=max_retries,
+        backoff_factor=2,
+        status_forcelist=[413, 429, 500, 502, 503, 504],
+    )
+
+
 class Session(BaseSession):
     base_url: Optional[str]
 
-    def __init__(self, base_url: Optional[str] = None):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        base_url: Optional[str] = None,
+        retry: Optional[Retry] = None,
+    ):
         super().__init__()
         self.base_url = base_url
 
-        retry_strategy = Retry(
-            total=5,
-            backoff_factor=2,
-            status_forcelist=[413, 429, 500, 502, 503, 504],
-        )
-
-        adapter = TimeoutHTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry_strategy)
+        adapter = TimeoutHTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry)
 
         self.mount("http://", adapter)
         self.mount("https://", adapter)
@@ -61,9 +67,16 @@ class AbstractApiClient:
     session: Session
     base_url: str
 
-    def __init__(self, base_url: str):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        base_url: str,
+        retry: Optional[Retry] = None,
+    ):
         self.base_url = base_url
-        self.session = Session(base_url=base_url)
+        self.session = Session(
+            base_url=base_url,
+            retry=retry,
+        )
 
     def _request(
         self,
diff --git a/api-client/libretime_api_client/v2.py b/api-client/libretime_api_client/v2.py
index 07d65f923..1c6982f56 100644
--- a/api-client/libretime_api_client/v2.py
+++ b/api-client/libretime_api_client/v2.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-from ._client import AbstractApiClient, Response
+from ._client import AbstractApiClient, Response, default_retry
 
 
 class ApiClient(AbstractApiClient):
     VERSION = "2.0"
 
     def __init__(self, base_url: str, api_key: str):
-        super().__init__(base_url=base_url)
+        super().__init__(
+            base_url=base_url,
+            retry=default_retry(),
+        )
         self.session.headers.update({"Authorization": f"Api-Key {api_key}"})
 
     def get_info(self, **kwargs) -> Response: