diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 52bf578..c430571 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "aiofiles",
   "pinecone-client",
   "sqlitedict",
+  "backoff",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 70b386c..e0de98d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ transformers==4.25.1
 pycord-multicog==1.0.2
 aiofiles==22.1.0
 pinecone-client==2.1.0
-sqlitedict==2.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
+sqlitedict==2.1.0
+backoff==2.2.1
\ No newline at end of file