diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 54a3eb6..a38a77e 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ inputs:
   pattern:
     description: 'A glob pattern matching the artifacts that should be downloaded. Ignored if name is specified.'
     required: false
+  max-attempts:
+    description: 'Maximum number of attempts while retrying download.'
+    required: false
+    default: '5'
   merge-multiple:
     description: 'When multiple artifacts are matched, this changes the behavior of the destination directories.
       If true, the downloaded artifacts will be in the same directory specified by path.
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 17c7d34..bb7cbff 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ export enum Inputs {
   Repository = 'repository',
   RunID = 'run-id',
   Pattern = 'pattern',
-  MergeMultiple = 'merge-multiple'
+  MergeMultiple = 'merge-multiple',
+  MaxAttempts = 'max-attempts'
 }
 
 export enum Outputs {
diff --git a/src/download-artifact.ts b/src/download-artifact.ts
index 1beef4d..f57961c 100644
--- a/src/download-artifact.ts
+++ b/src/download-artifact.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export async function run(): Promise<void> {
     path: core.getInput(Inputs.Path, {required: false}),
     token: core.getInput(Inputs.GitHubToken, {required: false}),
     repository: core.getInput(Inputs.Repository, {required: false}),
+    maxAttempts: core.getInput(constants_1.Inputs.MaxAttempts, { required: false }),
     runID: parseInt(core.getInput(Inputs.RunID, {required: false})),
     pattern: core.getInput(Inputs.Pattern, {required: false}),
     mergeMultiple: core.getBooleanInput(Inputs.MergeMultiple, {required: false})
@@ -55,6 +56,14 @@ export async function run(): Promise<void> {
     }
   }
 
+  if (inputs.maxAttempts) {
+      core.info(`Max attempts for retrying download: ${inputs.maxAttempts}`);
+      options.findBy["maxAttempts"] = inputs.maxAttempts;
+  }
+  else {
+      throw new Error(`Invalid retryCount: '${inputs.maxAttempts}'. Must be greater than 0`);
+  }
+
   let artifacts: Artifact[] = []
 
   if (isSingleArtifactDownload) {