diff --git a/api/core/index/index.py b/api/core/index/index.py
index bd32b3c493..657ad221e2 100644
--- a/api/core/index/index.py
+++ b/api/core/index/index.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class IndexBuilder:
             )
 
             embeddings = CacheEmbedding(OpenAIEmbeddings(
+                max_retries=1,
                 **model_credentials
             ))