diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index 4669928..b5af0f2 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ dependencies:
 - file-embed
 - resource-pool
 - containers
+- retry
 
 default-extensions:
 - OverloadedStrings
diff --git a/src/Stackage/Database/Cron.hs b/src/Stackage/Database/Cron.hs
index 6cd2e70..6ddc262 100644
--- a/src/Stackage/Database/Cron.hs
+++ b/src/Stackage/Database/Cron.hs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ import Stackage.Database.Types
 import System.Environment (lookupEnv)
 import UnliftIO.Concurrent (getNumCapabilities)
 import Web.PathPieces (fromPathPiece, toPathPiece)
-
+import qualified Control.Retry as Retry
 
 
 hoogleKey :: SnapName -> Text
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ newHoogleLocker env man = mkSingleRun hoogleLocker
 getHackageDeprecations ::
        (HasLogFunc env, MonadReader env m, MonadIO m) => m [Deprecation]
 getHackageDeprecations = do
-    jsonResponseDeprecated <- httpJSONEither hackageDeprecatedUrl
+    let policy = Retry.exponentialBackoff 50 <> Retry.limitRetries 5
+    jsonResponseDeprecated <-
+      liftIO $ Retry.recoverAll policy $ const $ httpJSONEither hackageDeprecatedUrl
     case getResponseBody jsonResponseDeprecated of
         Left err -> do
             logError $