diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 3e1bc15f76..819eaca8f0 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ Release History
 
 **Added**
 - Oriented-object headers. Access them through the new property `oheaders` in your `Response`.
+- Propagated the argument `retries` in `niquests.api` for all functions.
+- Added argument `retries` in the `Session` constructor.
+
+**Fixed**
+- No configured retry of your HTTP requests but getting exception `MaxRetryError` nonetheless.
 
 3.0.0b0 (2023-09-21)
 -------------------
diff --git a/src/niquests/_constant.py b/src/niquests/_constant.py
index a3cc2f2887..74c96272a1 100644
--- a/src/niquests/_constant.py
+++ b/src/niquests/_constant.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import wassima
 
-from ._typing import TimeoutType
+from ._typing import RetryType, TimeoutType
 
 #: Default timeout (total) assigned for GET, HEAD, and OPTIONS methods.
 READ_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: TimeoutType = 30
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 
 DEFAULT_POOLBLOCK: bool = False
 DEFAULT_POOLSIZE: int = 10
-DEFAULT_RETRIES: int = 0
+DEFAULT_RETRIES: RetryType = False
 
 DEFAULT_CA_BUNDLE: str = wassima.generate_ca_bundle()
diff --git a/src/niquests/_typing.py b/src/niquests/_typing.py
index 34928e6a75..f4066d3444 100644
--- a/src/niquests/_typing.py
+++ b/src/niquests/_typing.py
@@ -134,3 +134,5 @@
 CacheLayerAltSvcType: typing.TypeAlias = typing.MutableMapping[
     typing.Tuple[str, int], typing.Optional[typing.Tuple[str, int]]
 ]
+
+RetryType: typing.TypeAlias = typing.Union[bool, int]
diff --git a/src/niquests/api.py b/src/niquests/api.py
index 9f71e3bdc7..1bd8d81280 100644
--- a/src/niquests/api.py
+++ b/src/niquests/api.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import typing
 
 from . import sessions
-from ._constant import READ_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, WRITE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
+from ._constant import DEFAULT_RETRIES, READ_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, WRITE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
 from ._typing import (
     BodyType,
     CacheLayerAltSvcType,
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     MultiPartFilesType,
     ProxyType,
     QueryParameterType,
+    RetryType,
     TimeoutType,
     TLSClientCertType,
     TLSVerifyType,
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ def request(
     stream: bool = False,
     cert: TLSClientCertType | None = None,
     hooks: HookType | None = None,
+    retries: RetryType = DEFAULT_RETRIES,
 ) -> Response:
     """Constructs and sends a :class:`Request <Request>`.
 
@@ -99,7 +101,9 @@ def request(
     # By using the 'with' statement we are sure the session is closed, thus we
     # avoid leaving sockets open which can trigger a ResourceWarning in some
     # cases, and look like a memory leak in others.
-    with sessions.Session(quic_cache_layer=_SHARED_QUIC_CACHE) as session:
+    with sessions.Session(
+        quic_cache_layer=_SHARED_QUIC_CACHE, retries=retries
+    ) as session:
         return session.request(
             method=method,
             url=url,
@@ -134,6 +138,7 @@ def get(
     stream: bool = False,
     cert: TLSClientCertType | None = None,
     hooks: HookType | None = None,
+    retries: RetryType = DEFAULT_RETRIES,
 ) -> Response:
     r"""Sends a GET request.
 
@@ -158,6 +163,7 @@ def get(
         stream=stream,
         cert=cert,
         hooks=hooks,
+        retries=retries,
     )
 
 
@@ -175,6 +181,7 @@ def options(
     stream: bool = False,
     cert: TLSClientCertType | None = None,
     hooks: HookType | None = None,
+    retries: RetryType = DEFAULT_RETRIES,
 ) -> Response:
     r"""Sends an OPTIONS request.
 
@@ -197,6 +204,7 @@ def options(
         stream=stream,
         cert=cert,
         hooks=hooks,
+        retries=retries,
     )
 
 
@@ -214,6 +222,7 @@ def head(
     stream: bool = False,
     cert: TLSClientCertType | None = None,
     hooks: HookType | None = None,
+    retries: RetryType = DEFAULT_RETRIES,
 ) -> Response:
     r"""Sends a HEAD request.
 
@@ -236,6 +245,7 @@ def head(
         stream=stream,
         cert=cert,
         hooks=hooks,
+        retries=retries,
     )
 
 
@@ -256,6 +266,7 @@ def post(
     stream: bool = False,
     cert: TLSClientCertType | None = None,
     hooks: HookType | None = None,
+    retries: RetryType = DEFAULT_RETRIES,
 ) -> Response:
     r"""Sends a POST request.
 
@@ -284,6 +295,7 @@ def post(
         stream=stream,
         cert=cert,
         hooks=hooks,
+        retries=retries,
     )
 
 
@@ -304,6 +316,7 @@ def put(
     stream: bool = False,
     cert: TLSClientCertType | None = None,
     hooks: HookType | None = None,
+    retries: RetryType = DEFAULT_RETRIES,
 ) -> Response:
     r"""Sends a PUT request.
 
@@ -332,6 +345,7 @@ def put(
         stream=stream,
         cert=cert,
         hooks=hooks,
+        retries=retries,
     )
 
 
@@ -352,6 +366,7 @@ def patch(
     stream: bool = False,
     cert: TLSClientCertType | None = None,
     hooks: HookType | None = None,
+    retries: RetryType = DEFAULT_RETRIES,
 ) -> Response:
     r"""Sends a PATCH request.
 
@@ -380,6 +395,7 @@ def patch(
         stream=stream,
         cert=cert,
         hooks=hooks,
+        retries=retries,
     )
 
 
@@ -396,6 +412,7 @@ def delete(
     stream: bool = False,
     cert: TLSClientCertType | None = None,
     hooks: HookType | None = None,
+    retries: RetryType = DEFAULT_RETRIES,
 ) -> Response:
     r"""Sends a DELETE request.
 
@@ -417,4 +434,5 @@ def delete(
         stream=stream,
         cert=cert,
         hooks=hooks,
+        retries=retries,
     )
diff --git a/src/niquests/sessions.py b/src/niquests/sessions.py
index 47f415a1a2..c5263be62d 100644
--- a/src/niquests/sessions.py
+++ b/src/niquests/sessions.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from http.cookiejar import CookieJar
 from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
 
-from ._constant import READ_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, WRITE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
+from ._constant import DEFAULT_RETRIES, READ_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, WRITE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
 from ._internal_utils import to_native_string
 from ._typing import (
     BodyType,
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     MultiPartFilesType,
     ProxyType,
     QueryParameterType,
+    RetryType,
     TimeoutType,
     TLSClientCertType,
     TLSVerifyType,
@@ -165,7 +166,12 @@ class Session:
         "quic_cache_layer",
     ]
 
-    def __init__(self, quic_cache_layer: CacheLayerAltSvcType | None = None):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        quic_cache_layer: CacheLayerAltSvcType | None = None,
+        retries: RetryType = DEFAULT_RETRIES,
+    ):
         #: A case-insensitive dictionary of headers to be sent on each
         #: :class:`Request <Request>` sent from this
         #: :class:`Session <Session>`.
@@ -228,8 +234,11 @@ def __init__(self, quic_cache_layer: CacheLayerAltSvcType | None = None):
 
         # Default connection adapters.
         self.adapters: OrderedDict[str, BaseAdapter] = OrderedDict()
-        self.mount("https://", HTTPAdapter(quic_cache_layer=self.quic_cache_layer))
-        self.mount("http://", HTTPAdapter())
+        self.mount(
+            "https://",
+            HTTPAdapter(quic_cache_layer=self.quic_cache_layer, max_retries=retries),
+        )
+        self.mount("http://", HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retries))
 
     def __enter__(self):
         return self