diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/setup.py b/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
index 2cfdf9837f45ad..c91dbf709e6d86 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
 
 powerbi_report_server = {"requests", "requests_ntlm"}
 
-slack = {"slack-sdk==3.18.1"}
+slack = {"slack-sdk==3.18.1", "tenacity>=8.0.1",}
 
 databricks = {
     # 0.1.11 appears to have authentication issues with azure databricks
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/slack/slack.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/slack/slack.py
index 00b783a89774cc..6d147e27405818 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/slack/slack.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/slack/slack.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 from pydantic import Field, SecretStr
 from slack_sdk import WebClient
+from tenacity import retry, wait_exponential
+from tenacity.before_sleep import before_sleep_log
 
 import datahub.emitter.mce_builder as builder
 from datahub.configuration.common import ConfigModel
@@ -294,6 +296,10 @@ def populate_slack_id_from_email(self, user_obj: CorpUser) -> None:
                 return
             raise e
 
+    @retry(
+        wait=wait_exponential(multiplier=2, min=4, max=60),
+        before_sleep=before_sleep_log(logger, logging.ERROR, True),
+    )
     def get_user_to_be_updated(self) -> Iterable[CorpUser]:
         graphql_query = textwrap.dedent(
             """