diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd9b200..b42d87e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 - Better exception when trying to access results for failed multi-search query
 - More efficient aggregations with `where` clauses
+- Try requests 3 times before raising error
 - Added support for `faraday_middleware-aws-sigv4`
 - Added `credentials` option to `aws_credentials`
 - Added `modifier` option to `boost_by`
diff --git a/lib/searchkick.rb b/lib/searchkick.rb
index 24d7fdb..30cb864 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ module Searchkick
 
       Elasticsearch::Client.new({
         url: ENV["ELASTICSEARCH_URL"],
-        transport_options: {request: {timeout: timeout}, headers: {content_type: "application/json"}}
+        transport_options: {request: {timeout: timeout}, headers: {content_type: "application/json"}},
+        retry_on_failure: 2
       }.deep_merge(client_options)) do |f|
         f.use Searchkick::Middleware
         f.request signer_middleware_key, signer_middleware_aws_params if aws_credentials
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