diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index e1f7db5b6..2adfd4721 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ inputs:
   force-new-deployment:
     description: 'Whether to force a new deployment of the service. Valid value is "true". Will default to not force a new deployment.'
     required: false
+  max-retries:
+    description: 'Number of times to retry AWS API requests when encountering network or rate-limit errors.  Default is 3.'
+    required: false
 outputs:
   task-definition-arn:
     description: 'The ARN of the registered ECS task definition'
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index a3345ba7e..ed02d87bc 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -260,18 +260,12 @@ async function createCodeDeployDeployment(codedeploy, clusterName, service, task
 
 async function run() {
   try {
-    const ecs = new aws.ECS({
-      customUserAgent: 'amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition-for-github-actions'
-    });
-    const codedeploy = new aws.CodeDeploy({
-      customUserAgent: 'amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition-for-github-actions'
-    });
-
     // Get inputs
     const taskDefinitionFile = core.getInput('task-definition', { required: true });
     const service = core.getInput('service', { required: false });
     const cluster = core.getInput('cluster', { required: false });
     const waitForService = core.getInput('wait-for-service-stability', { required: false });
+    const maxRetries = core.getInput('max-retries', { required: false }) || 3;
     let waitForMinutes = parseInt(core.getInput('wait-for-minutes', { required: false })) || 30;
     if (waitForMinutes > MAX_WAIT_MINUTES) {
       waitForMinutes = MAX_WAIT_MINUTES;
@@ -282,6 +276,15 @@ async function run() {
     const desiredCount = parseInt((core.getInput('desired-count', {required: false})));
 
 
+    const ecs = new aws.ECS({
+      customUserAgent: 'amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition-for-github-actions',
+      maxRetries
+    });
+    const codedeploy = new aws.CodeDeploy({
+      customUserAgent: 'amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition-for-github-actions',
+      maxRetries 
+    });
+
     // Register the task definition
     core.debug('Registering the task definition');
     const taskDefPath = path.isAbsolute(taskDefinitionFile) ?
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ff5f57c93..ffb866eb3 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -254,18 +254,12 @@ async function createCodeDeployDeployment(codedeploy, clusterName, service, task
 
 async function run() {
   try {
-    const ecs = new aws.ECS({
-      customUserAgent: 'amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition-for-github-actions'
-    });
-    const codedeploy = new aws.CodeDeploy({
-      customUserAgent: 'amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition-for-github-actions'
-    });
-
     // Get inputs
     const taskDefinitionFile = core.getInput('task-definition', { required: true });
     const service = core.getInput('service', { required: false });
     const cluster = core.getInput('cluster', { required: false });
     const waitForService = core.getInput('wait-for-service-stability', { required: false });
+    const maxRetries = core.getInput('max-retries', { required: false }) || 3;
     let waitForMinutes = parseInt(core.getInput('wait-for-minutes', { required: false })) || 30;
     if (waitForMinutes > MAX_WAIT_MINUTES) {
       waitForMinutes = MAX_WAIT_MINUTES;
@@ -276,6 +270,15 @@ async function run() {
     const desiredCount = parseInt((core.getInput('desired-count', {required: false})));
 
 
+    const ecs = new aws.ECS({
+      customUserAgent: 'amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition-for-github-actions',
+      maxRetries
+    });
+    const codedeploy = new aws.CodeDeploy({
+      customUserAgent: 'amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition-for-github-actions',
+      maxRetries 
+    });
+
     // Register the task definition
     core.debug('Registering the task definition');
     const taskDefPath = path.isAbsolute(taskDefinitionFile) ?