diff --git a/autogpt/llm/utils/__init__.py b/autogpt/llm/utils/__init__.py
index 736745cf..cd2c1c0a 100644
--- a/autogpt/llm/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/autogpt/llm/utils/__init__.py
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ def retry_openai_api(
                         user_warned = True
 
                 except APIError as e:
-                    if (e.http_status not in [502, 429]) or (attempt == num_attempts):
+                    if (e.http_status not in [429, 502, 503]) or (
+                        attempt == num_attempts
+                    ):
                         raise
 
                 backoff = backoff_base ** (attempt + 2)