diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8316a6d..716d004 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.29.0"
+  ".": "0.30.0"
 }
diff --git a/.stats.yml b/.stats.yml
index 58f0446..3effa72 100644
--- a/.stats.yml
+++ b/.stats.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 configured_endpoints: 41
-openapi_spec_url: https://storage.googleapis.com/stainless-sdk-openapi-specs/togetherai%2Ftogetherai-f53d9282224f2c3943d83d014d64ba61271f3aedef59197cc4dae0102d2b365d.yml
-openapi_spec_hash: a884fe7d04e9f64675e3943a962ebb65
-config_hash: 73457be4d72f0bf4c22de49f2b2d4ec3
+openapi_spec_url: https://storage.googleapis.com/stainless-sdk-openapi-specs/togetherai%2Ftogetherai-eacfa676c4ac9c051f61d4d25c1074315959b2e3d418bca529e6de2a9f6636e7.yml
+openapi_spec_hash: 1d56caf3dd011e888fb911d34bd34aef
+config_hash: 3c3a676f96a972da95e0e85618e64c76
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92694e5..5e30a1c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.30.0 (2025-11-04)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.29.0...v0.30.0](https://github.com/togethercomputer/together-typescript/compare/v0.29.0...v0.30.0)
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **api:** The default max retries for api calls has changed from 5 to 2. This may result in more frequent non-200 responses.
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** Change the default max retries from 5 to 2 ([f89b597](https://github.com/togethercomputer/together-typescript/commit/f89b5970f3b5af1cdaa904de20f0e1c0493671c6))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Do not auto-retry on 500 errors. 501+ can retry ([7ce8399](https://github.com/togethercomputer/together-typescript/commit/7ce83993a3550d5e8f75706114543f7d7dad9cfb))
+
 ## 0.29.0 (2025-10-30)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.28.0...v0.29.0](https://github.com/togethercomputer/together-typescript/compare/v0.28.0...v0.29.0)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d1dcad4..b9b48ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ Error codes are as follows:
 
 ### Retries
 
-Certain errors will be automatically retried 5 times by default, with a short exponential backoff.
+Certain errors will be automatically retried 2 times by default, with a short exponential backoff.
 Connection errors (for example, due to a network connectivity problem), 408 Request Timeout, 409 Conflict,
-429 Rate Limit, and >=500 Internal errors will all be retried by default.
+429 Rate Limit, and >=501 Internal errors will all be retried by default.
 
 You can use the `maxRetries` option to configure or disable this:
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fd2c849..e469fb6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "together-ai",
-  "version": "0.29.0",
+  "version": "0.30.0",
   "description": "The official TypeScript library for the Together API",
   "author": "Together <dev-feedback@TogetherAI.com>",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index 8111450..e5a38db 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export interface ClientOptions {
    * The maximum number of times that the client will retry a request in case of a
    * temporary failure, like a network error or a 5XX error from the server.
    *
-   * @default 5
+   * @default 2
    */
   maxRetries?: number | undefined;
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export class Together {
    * @param {number} [opts.timeout=1 minute] - The maximum amount of time (in milliseconds) the client will wait for a response before timing out.
    * @param {MergedRequestInit} [opts.fetchOptions] - Additional `RequestInit` options to be passed to `fetch` calls.
    * @param {Fetch} [opts.fetch] - Specify a custom `fetch` function implementation.
-   * @param {number} [opts.maxRetries=5] - The maximum number of times the client will retry a request.
+   * @param {number} [opts.maxRetries=2] - The maximum number of times the client will retry a request.
    * @param {HeadersLike} opts.defaultHeaders - Default headers to include with every request to the API.
    * @param {Record<string, string | undefined>} opts.defaultQuery - Default query parameters to include with every request to the API.
    */
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ export class Together {
       parseLogLevel(readEnv('TOGETHER_LOG'), "process.env['TOGETHER_LOG']", this) ??
       defaultLogLevel;
     this.fetchOptions = options.fetchOptions;
-    this.maxRetries = options.maxRetries ?? 5;
+    this.maxRetries = options.maxRetries ?? 2;
     this.fetch = options.fetch ?? Shims.getDefaultFetch();
     this.#encoder = Opts.FallbackEncoder;
 
diff --git a/src/internal/request-options.ts b/src/internal/request-options.ts
index 8f944e9..56765e5 100644
--- a/src/internal/request-options.ts
+++ b/src/internal/request-options.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export type RequestOptions = {
    * The maximum number of times that the client will retry a request in case of a
    * temporary failure, like a network error or a 5XX error from the server.
    *
-   * @default 5
+   * @default 2
    */
   maxRetries?: number;
 
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index bef2b64..91a9bb6 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = '0.29.0'; // x-release-please-version
+export const VERSION = '0.30.0'; // x-release-please-version
diff --git a/tests/index.test.ts b/tests/index.test.ts
index 6213d4e..d244a51 100644
--- a/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -339,12 +339,12 @@ describe('instantiate client', () => {
   });
 
   test('maxRetries option is correctly set', () => {
-    const client = new Together({ maxRetries: 10, apiKey: 'My API Key' });
-    expect(client.maxRetries).toEqual(10);
+    const client = new Together({ maxRetries: 4, apiKey: 'My API Key' });
+    expect(client.maxRetries).toEqual(4);
 
     // default
     const client2 = new Together({ apiKey: 'My API Key' });
-    expect(client2.maxRetries).toEqual(5);
+    expect(client2.maxRetries).toEqual(2);
   });
 
   describe('withOptions', () => {