diff --git a/darwin/backend_v2.py b/darwin/backend_v2.py
index 535b2d498..615aff00f 100644
--- a/darwin/backend_v2.py
+++ b/darwin/backend_v2.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 from urllib import parse
 
+from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
+from requests.models import Response
+from tenacity import RetryCallState, retry, stop_after_attempt, wait_exponential_jitter
+
 from darwin.datatypes import ItemId
 
 
@@ -17,6 +21,19 @@ def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs) -> Callable:
     return wrapper
 
 
+def log_rate_limit_exceeded(retry_state: RetryCallState):
+    wait_time = retry_state.next_action.sleep
+    print(f"Rate limit exceeded. Retrying in {wait_time:.2f} seconds...")
+
+
+def retry_if_status_code_429(retry_state: RetryCallState):
+    exception = retry_state.outcome.exception()
+    if isinstance(exception, HTTPError):
+        response: Response = exception.response
+        return response.status_code == 429
+    return False
+
+
 class BackendV2:
     def __init__(self, client: "Client", default_team):  # noqa F821
         self._client = client
@@ -238,6 +255,12 @@ def import_annotation(
             f"v2/teams/{team_slug}/items/{item_id}/import", payload=payload
         )
 
+    @retry(
+        wait=wait_exponential_jitter(initial=60, max=300),
+        stop=stop_after_attempt(10),
+        retry=retry_if_status_code_429,
+        before_sleep=log_rate_limit_exceeded,
+    )
     @inject_default_team_slug
     def register_items(self, payload: Dict[str, Any], team_slug: str) -> None:
         """
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index dfba57e5d..2e8431cff 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.6.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "albucore"
@@ -1863,6 +1863,21 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 mpmath = ">=0.19"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tenacity"
+version = "8.3.0"
+description = "Retry code until it succeeds"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "tenacity-8.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3649f6443dbc0d9b01b9d8020a9c4ec7a1ff5f6f3c6c8a036ef371f573fe9185"},
+    {file = "tenacity-8.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:953d4e6ad24357bceffbc9707bc74349aca9d245f68eb65419cf0c249a1949a2"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+doc = ["reno", "sphinx"]
+test = ["pytest", "tornado (>=4.5)", "typeguard"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "threadpoolctl"
 version = "3.5.0"
@@ -2163,4 +2178,4 @@ test = ["pytest", "responses"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.0,<3.12"
-content-hash = "e2acd10369632e81157fc873add2de947edd824f1f9ed2253b7d9598b3f965d5"
+content-hash = "0d694891abf5df0e8e04d0a17e6ca5a3028c9a04fe079e36fe2920ae9f8a5dc6"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 78ea935c7..fbcfe1647 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ tqdm = "^4.64.1"
 types-pyyaml = "^6.0.12.9"
 types-requests = "^2.28.11.8"
 upolygon = "0.1.11"
+tenacity = "^8.3.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.extras]
 dev = ["black", "isort", "flake8", "mypy", "debugpy", "responses", "pytest", "flake8-pyproject", "pytest-rerunfailures", "ruff", "validate-pyproject"]
diff --git a/tests/darwin/backend_v2_test.py b/tests/darwin/backend_v2_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc5ee6c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/darwin/backend_v2_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from unittest.mock import Mock, call, patch
+
+import pytest
+from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
+from requests.models import Response
+from tenacity import RetryError
+
+from darwin.backend_v2 import BackendV2
+
+
+class TestBackendV2:
+    @patch("time.sleep", return_value=None)
+    def test_register_items_retries_on_429(self, mock_sleep):
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_response = Mock(spec=Response)
+        mock_response.status_code = 429
+        mock_client._post_raw.side_effect = HTTPError(response=mock_response)
+
+        backend = BackendV2(mock_client, "team_slug")
+
+        payload = {"key": "value"}
+        with pytest.raises(RetryError):
+            backend.register_items(payload)
+
+        assert mock_client._post_raw.call_count == 10
+
+        expected_call = call("/v2/teams/team_slug/items/register_existing", payload)
+        assert mock_client._post_raw.call_args_list == [expected_call] * 10
diff --git a/tests/darwin/dataset/remote_dataset_test.py b/tests/darwin/dataset/remote_dataset_test.py
index 1261715aa..9ffaa06ed 100644
--- a/tests/darwin/dataset/remote_dataset_test.py
+++ b/tests/darwin/dataset/remote_dataset_test.py
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ def test_register_files_with_blocked_items(self, remote_dataset: RemoteDatasetV2
             },
             status=200,
         )
-        remote_dataset.register(
+        result = remote_dataset.register(
             ObjectStore(
                 name="test",
                 prefix="test_prefix",
@@ -1076,3 +1076,5 @@ def test_register_files_with_blocked_items(self, remote_dataset: RemoteDatasetV2
             {"item1": ["test.jpg"]},
             multi_slotted=True,
         )
+        assert len(result["registered"]) == 0
+        assert len(result["blocked"]) == 1