diff --git a/internal/api/api_key.go b/internal/api/api_key.go
index 72116dd..6e04984 100644
--- a/internal/api/api_key.go
+++ b/internal/api/api_key.go
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ func (c *Client) GetAPIKey() (*APIKeyResponse, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	resp, err := c.httpClient.Do(req)
+	resp, err := c.do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("request failed: %w", err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
diff --git a/internal/api/client.go b/internal/api/client.go
index 74023ba..053129e 100644
--- a/internal/api/client.go
+++ b/internal/api/client.go
@@ -3,10 +3,22 @@ package api
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"math/rand/v2"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 )
 
+const (
+	maxRetries = 2
+	baseDelay  = 500 * time.Millisecond
+)
+
+var sleep = time.Sleep
+
+func isRetryable(statusCode int) bool {
+	return statusCode == http.StatusTooManyRequests || statusCode >= 500
+}
+
 type APIError struct {
 	StatusCode int
 	Message    string
@@ -40,6 +52,37 @@ func errorFromResponse(resp *http.Response) *APIError {
 	return &APIError{StatusCode: resp.StatusCode, Message: fmt.Sprintf("unexpected status: %d", resp.StatusCode)}
 }
 
+func (c *Client) do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	var (
+		resp *http.Response
+		err  error
+	)
+	for attempt := 0; attempt <= maxRetries; attempt++ {
+		if attempt > 0 {
+			delay := time.Duration(1<<(attempt-1)) * baseDelay
+			jitter := time.Duration(rand.Int64N(int64(delay / 2)))
+			sleep(delay + jitter)
+		}
+		resp, err = c.httpClient.Do(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			if req.Context().Err() != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("request failed: %w", err)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		if !isRetryable(resp.StatusCode) {
+			return resp, nil
+		}
+		if attempt < maxRetries {
+			resp.Body.Close()
+		}
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("request failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
 func (c *Client) newRequest(method, path string) (*http.Request, error) {
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", c.baseURL, path)
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)
diff --git a/internal/api/client_test.go b/internal/api/client_test.go
index b4ab380..d76d0d7 100644
--- a/internal/api/client_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/client_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ package api
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 )
 
 func TestNewRequest(t *testing.T) {
@@ -48,3 +51,75 @@ func TestNewRequest_InvalidURL(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("expected error for invalid URL, got nil")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDo_Retries(t *testing.T) {
+	origSleep := sleep
+	sleep = func(time.Duration) {}
+	defer func() { sleep = origSleep }()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name         string
+		responses    []int
+		wantStatus   int
+		wantAttempts int32
+	}{
+		{
+			name:         "success on first attempt",
+			responses:    []int{200},
+			wantStatus:   200,
+			wantAttempts: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "retries on 429 then succeeds",
+			responses:    []int{429, 200},
+			wantStatus:   200,
+			wantAttempts: 2,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "retries on 500 then succeeds",
+			responses:    []int{500, 200},
+			wantStatus:   200,
+			wantAttempts: 2,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "exhausts retries on persistent 429",
+			responses:    []int{429, 429, 429},
+			wantStatus:   429,
+			wantAttempts: 3,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "no retry on 401",
+			responses:    []int{401},
+			wantStatus:   401,
+			wantAttempts: 1,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var attempts atomic.Int32
+			idx := 0
+			server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				attempts.Add(1)
+				w.WriteHeader(tt.responses[idx])
+				idx++
+			}))
+			defer server.Close()
+
+			client := NewClient(server.URL, "test-key")
+			req, _ := client.newRequest(http.MethodGet, "/")
+			resp, err := client.do(req)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+			defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+			if resp.StatusCode != tt.wantStatus {
+				t.Errorf("status = %d, want %d", resp.StatusCode, tt.wantStatus)
+			}
+			if attempts.Load() != tt.wantAttempts {
+				t.Errorf("attempts = %d, want %d", attempts.Load(), tt.wantAttempts)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}