diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f3acabf..36d6c0d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module github.com/keikoproj/lifecycle-manager
 go 1.17
 
 require (
-	github.com/avast/retry-go v2.4.1+incompatible
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.25.0
 	github.com/keikoproj/aws-sdk-go-cache v0.0.0-20200124200058-ab3c8c94044a
 	github.com/keikoproj/inverse-exp-backoff v0.0.0-20191216014651-04523236b6ca
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index abb065a..0e0e173 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ github.com/armon/circbuf v0.0.0-20150827004946-bbbad097214e/go.mod h1:3U/XgcO3hC
 github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da/go.mod h1:Q73ZrmVTwzkszR9V5SSuryQ31EELlFMUz1kKyl939pY=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a/go.mod h1:lB+ZfQJz7igIIfQNfa7Ml4HSf2uFQQRzpGGRXenZAgY=
-github.com/avast/retry-go v2.4.1+incompatible h1:WMHc0mwoz20UVmBYK89mUB/KFRlxO0p+s+sgpmJMviY=
-github.com/avast/retry-go v2.4.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:XtSnn+n/sHqQIpZ10K1qAevBhOOCWBLXXy3hyiqqBrY=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.25.0 h1:MyXUdCesJLBvSSKYcaKeeEwxNUwUpG6/uqVYeH/Zzfo=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.25.0/go.mod h1:KmX6BPdI08NWTb3/sm4ZGu5ShLoqVDhKgpiN924inxo=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=