diff --git a/graphiti_core/llm_client/client.py b/graphiti_core/llm_client/client.py
index 02bd6f4..b76464c 100644
--- a/graphiti_core/llm_client/client.py
+++ b/graphiti_core/llm_client/client.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 import typing
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
+import httpx
 from diskcache import Cache
+from tenacity import retry, retry_if_exception_type, stop_after_attempt, wait_exponential
 
 from ..prompts.models import Message
 from .config import LLMConfig
@@ -47,6 +49,23 @@ def __init__(self, config: LLMConfig | None, cache: bool = False):
     def get_embedder(self) -> typing.Any:
         pass
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _is_server_error(exception):
+        return (
+            isinstance(exception, httpx.HTTPStatusError)
+            and 500 <= exception.response.status_code < 600
+        )
+
+    @retry(
+        stop=stop_after_attempt(3),
+        wait=wait_exponential(multiplier=1, min=4, max=10),
+        retry=retry_if_exception_type(httpx.HTTPStatusError),
+    )
+    async def _generate_response_with_retry(self, messages: list[Message]) -> dict[str, typing.Any]:
+        if self._is_server_error(httpx.HTTPStatusError):
+            raise
+        return await self._generate_response(messages)
+
     @abstractmethod
     async def _generate_response(self, messages: list[Message]) -> dict[str, typing.Any]:
         pass
@@ -66,7 +85,15 @@ async def generate_response(self, messages: list[Message]) -> dict[str, typing.A
                 logger.debug(f'Cache hit for {cache_key}')
                 return cached_response
 
-        response = await self._generate_response(messages)
+        try:
+            response = await self._generate_response_with_retry(messages)
+        except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
+            error_type = 'server' if 500 <= e.response.status_code < 600 else 'client'
+            logger.error(f'Failed to generate response due to {error_type} error: {str(e)}')
+            raise
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f'Failed to generate response due to unexpected error: {str(e)}')
+            raise
 
         if self.cache_enabled:
             self.cache_dir.set(cache_key, response)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2456f13..956e48d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ diskcache = "^5.6.3"
 arrow = "^1.3.0"
 openai = "^1.38.0"
 anthropic = "^0.34.1"
+tenacity = "^9.0.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 pytest = "^8.3.2"