diff --git a/cmd/app/client.go b/cmd/app/client.go
index 4d3da2ed..a599397c 100644
--- a/cmd/app/client.go
+++ b/cmd/app/client.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func NewClient() (*Client, error) {
 
 	retryClient := retryablehttp.NewClient()
 	retryClient.HTTPClient.Transport = tr
+	retryClient.RetryMax = 0
 	gitlabOptions = append(gitlabOptions, gitlab.WithHTTPClient(retryClient.HTTPClient))
 
 	client, err := gitlab.NewClient(pluginOptions.AuthToken, gitlabOptions...)