diff --git a/lib/definitions/constants.js b/lib/definitions/constants.js
index 18f1ecd3..a052b8a9 100644
--- a/lib/definitions/constants.js
+++ b/lib/definitions/constants.js
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 export const HOME_URL = 'https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release';
 
 export const RELEASE_NAME = 'GitLab release';
+
+export const RETRY_CONFIGURATION = {
+    retry: {
+        limit: 3,
+        statusCodes: [429],
+    },
+};
diff --git a/lib/fail.js b/lib/fail.js
index d2706236..608f7df9 100644
--- a/lib/fail.js
+++ b/lib/fail.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const debug = _debug("semantic-release:gitlab");
 import resolveConfig from "./resolve-config.js";
 import getRepoId from "./get-repo-id.js";
 import getFailComment from "./get-fail-comment.js";
+import { RETRY_CONFIGURATION } from "./definitions/constants.js";
 
 export default async (pluginConfig, context) => {
   const {
@@ -20,7 +21,12 @@ export default async (pluginConfig, context) => {
   );
   const repoId = getRepoId(context, gitlabUrl, repositoryUrl);
   const encodedRepoId = encodeURIComponent(repoId);
-  const apiOptions = { headers: { "PRIVATE-TOKEN": gitlabToken } };
+  const apiOptions = {
+    headers: {
+      "PRIVATE-TOKEN": gitlabToken,
+    },
+    ...RETRY_CONFIGURATION,
+  };
 
   if (failComment === false || failTitle === false) {
     logger.log("Skip issue creation.");
diff --git a/lib/publish.js b/lib/publish.js
index 97e75615..0f64baf6 100644
--- a/lib/publish.js
+++ b/lib/publish.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const debug = _debug("semantic-release:gitlab");
 import resolveConfig from "./resolve-config.js";
 import getRepoId from "./get-repo-id.js";
 import getAssets from "./glob-assets.js";
-import { RELEASE_NAME } from "./definitions/constants.js";
+import { RELEASE_NAME, RETRY_CONFIGURATION } from "./definitions/constants.js";
 
 const isUrlScheme = (value) => /^(https|http|ftp):\/\//.test(value);
 
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export default async (pluginConfig, context) => {
         },
       ],
     },
+    ...RETRY_CONFIGURATION,
   };
 
   debug("repoId: %o", repoId);
diff --git a/lib/success.js b/lib/success.js
index bc697b90..7db87e34 100644
--- a/lib/success.js
+++ b/lib/success.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const debug = _debug("semantic-release:gitlab");
 import resolveConfig from "./resolve-config.js";
 import getRepoId from "./get-repo-id.js";
 import getSuccessComment from "./get-success-comment.js";
+import { RETRY_CONFIGURATION } from "./definitions/constants.js";
 
 export default async (pluginConfig, context) => {
   const {
@@ -18,7 +19,12 @@ export default async (pluginConfig, context) => {
   const { gitlabToken, gitlabUrl, gitlabApiUrl, successComment, proxy } = resolveConfig(pluginConfig, context);
   const repoId = getRepoId(context, gitlabUrl, repositoryUrl);
   const encodedRepoId = encodeURIComponent(repoId);
-  const apiOptions = { headers: { "PRIVATE-TOKEN": gitlabToken } };
+  const apiOptions = {
+    headers: {
+      "PRIVATE-TOKEN": gitlabToken,
+    },
+    ...RETRY_CONFIGURATION,
+  };
 
   if (successComment === false) {
     logger.log("Skip commenting on issues and pull requests.");
diff --git a/lib/verify.js b/lib/verify.js
index e7091ef1..5313528e 100644
--- a/lib/verify.js
+++ b/lib/verify.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import AggregateError from "aggregate-error";
 import resolveConfig from "./resolve-config.js";
 import getRepoId from "./get-repo-id.js";
 import getError from "./get-error.js";
+import { RETRY_CONFIGURATION } from "./definitions/constants.js";
 
 const isNonEmptyString = (value) => isString(value) && value.trim();
 const isStringOrStringArray = (value) =>
@@ -33,6 +34,12 @@ export default async (pluginConfig, context) => {
   } = context;
   const { gitlabToken, gitlabUrl, gitlabApiUrl, proxy, ...options } = resolveConfig(pluginConfig, context);
   const repoId = getRepoId(context, gitlabUrl, repositoryUrl);
+  const apiOptions = {
+    headers: {
+      "PRIVATE-TOKEN": gitlabToken,
+    },
+    ...RETRY_CONFIGURATION,
+  };
 
   debug("apiUrl: %o", gitlabApiUrl);
   debug("repoId: %o", repoId);
@@ -65,7 +72,7 @@ export default async (pluginConfig, context) => {
         permissions: { project_access: projectAccess, group_access: groupAccess },
       } = await got
         .get(urlJoin(gitlabApiUrl, `/projects/${encodeURIComponent(repoId)}`), {
-          headers: { "PRIVATE-TOKEN": gitlabToken },
+          ...apiOptions,
           ...proxy,
         })
         .json());
diff --git a/test/publish.test.js b/test/publish.test.js
index 7c535c37..310b40a5 100644
--- a/test/publish.test.js
+++ b/test/publish.test.js
@@ -641,3 +641,27 @@ test.serial("Publish a release with error response", async (t) => {
   t.is(error.message, `Response code 499 (Something went wrong)`);
   t.true(gitlab.isDone());
 });
+
+test.serial("Publish a release with error response of 429 - too many requests - with persist", async (t) => {
+  const owner = "test_user";
+  const repo = "test_repo";
+  const env = { GITLAB_TOKEN: "gitlab_token" };
+  const pluginConfig = {};
+  const nextRelease = { gitHead: "123", gitTag: "v1.0.0", notes: "Test release note body" };
+  const options = { repositoryUrl: `https://gitlab.com/${owner}/${repo}.git` };
+  const encodedRepoId = encodeURIComponent(`${owner}/${repo}`);
+  const gitlab = authenticate(env)
+    .post(`/projects/${encodedRepoId}/releases`, {
+      tag_name: nextRelease.gitTag,
+      description: nextRelease.notes,
+      assets: {
+        links: [],
+      },
+    })
+    .reply(429, { message: "Too many requests" })
+    .persist();
+
+  const error = await t.throwsAsync(publish(pluginConfig, { env, options, nextRelease, logger: t.context.logger }));
+  t.is(error.message, `Response code 429 (Too many requests)`);
+  t.true(gitlab.isDone());
+});
diff --git a/test/verify.test.js b/test/verify.test.js
index 48f3004f..1ee05791 100644
--- a/test/verify.test.js
+++ b/test/verify.test.js
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ test.serial("Throw error if GitLab API return any other errors", async (t) => {
   const owner = "test_user";
   const repo = "test_repo";
   const env = { GITLAB_TOKEN: "gitlab_token" };
-  const gitlab = authenticate(env).get(`/projects/${owner}%2F${repo}`).times(3).reply(500);
+  const gitlab = authenticate(env).get(`/projects/${owner}%2F${repo}`).times(3).reply(500).persist();
 
   const error = await t.throwsAsync(
     verify({}, { env, options: { repositoryUrl: `https://gitlab.com:${owner}/${repo}.git` }, logger: t.context.logger })