diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a411bda7d0..b91cd59d35 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "@electron/get": "^1.9.0",
     "@malept/cross-spawn-promise": "^2.0.0",
     "@octokit/core": "^3.2.4",
+    "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^3.0.9",
     "@octokit/rest": "^18.0.11",
     "@octokit/types": "^6.1.2",
     "@types/which": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/publisher/github/package.json b/packages/publisher/github/package.json
index 2ba80f34f4..00e5659023 100644
--- a/packages/publisher/github/package.json
+++ b/packages/publisher/github/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "@electron-forge/publisher-base": "6.0.0-beta.61",
     "@electron-forge/shared-types": "6.0.0-beta.61",
     "@octokit/core": "^3.2.4",
+    "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^3.0.9",
     "@octokit/rest": "^18.0.11",
     "@octokit/types": "^6.1.2",
     "debug": "^4.3.1",
diff --git a/packages/publisher/github/src/util/github.ts b/packages/publisher/github/src/util/github.ts
index 2c0996e539..716678539d 100644
--- a/packages/publisher/github/src/util/github.ts
+++ b/packages/publisher/github/src/util/github.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import debug from 'debug';
 import { Octokit } from '@octokit/rest';
+import { retry } from '@octokit/plugin-retry';
 import { OctokitOptions } from '@octokit/core/dist-types/types.d';
 
 const logInfo = debug('electron-forge:publisher:github:info');
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ export default class GitHub {
     if (this.token) {
       options.auth = this.token;
     }
-    const github = new Octokit(options);
+    const RetryableOctokit = Octokit.plugin(retry);
+    const github = new RetryableOctokit(options);
     return github;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/publisher/github/test/github_spec.ts b/packages/publisher/github/test/github_spec.ts
index ef7ed96cef..5cf32e3bd4 100644
--- a/packages/publisher/github/test/github_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/publisher/github/test/github_spec.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ describe('GitHub', () => {
         gitHubSpy();
         this.options = options;
       }
+
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
+      static plugin(): object {
+        return this;
+      }
     };
     GitHub = proxyquire.noCallThru().load('../src/util/github', {
       '@octokit/rest': {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 349008a811..53c837035b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2021,6 +2021,14 @@
     "@octokit/types" "^6.31.0"
     deprecation "^2.3.1"
 
+"@octokit/plugin-retry@^3.0.9":
+  version "3.0.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/plugin-retry/-/plugin-retry-3.0.9.tgz#ae625cca1e42b0253049102acd71c1d5134788fe"
+  integrity sha512-r+fArdP5+TG6l1Rv/C9hVoty6tldw6cE2pRHNGmFPdyfrc696R6JjrQ3d7HdVqGwuzfyrcaLAKD7K8TX8aehUQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@octokit/types" "^6.0.3"
+    bottleneck "^2.15.3"
+
 "@octokit/request-error@^2.0.5", "@octokit/request-error@^2.1.0":
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/request-error/-/request-error-2.1.0.tgz#9e150357831bfc788d13a4fd4b1913d60c74d677"
@@ -3147,6 +3155,11 @@ boolean@^3.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/boolean/-/boolean-3.1.4.tgz#f51a2fb5838a99e06f9b6ec1edb674de67026435"
   integrity sha512-3hx0kwU3uzG6ReQ3pnaFQPSktpBw6RHN3/ivDKEuU8g1XSfafowyvDnadjv1xp8IZqhtSukxlwv9bF6FhX8m0w==
 
+bottleneck@^2.15.3:
+  version "2.19.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bottleneck/-/bottleneck-2.19.5.tgz#5df0b90f59fd47656ebe63c78a98419205cadd91"
+  integrity sha512-VHiNCbI1lKdl44tGrhNfU3lup0Tj/ZBMJB5/2ZbNXRCPuRCO7ed2mgcK4r17y+KB2EfuYuRaVlwNbAeaWGSpbw==
+
 bowser@^2.11.0:
   version "2.11.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bowser/-/bowser-2.11.0.tgz#5ca3c35757a7aa5771500c70a73a9f91ef420a8f"