diff --git a/src/mergeAxeResults.ts b/src/mergeAxeResults.ts
index 37f0b9c5..9ce3c052 100644
--- a/src/mergeAxeResults.ts
+++ b/src/mergeAxeResults.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import { getBrowserToRun, getPlaywrightLaunchOptions } from './constants/common.
 import {
   getWcagPassPercentage,
   getProgressPercentage,
-  retryFunction,
   zipResults,
   getIssuesPercentage,
   getWcagCriteriaMap,
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   getStoragePath,
   getUserDataTxt,
   getVersion,
+  retryFunction,
 } from './utils/index.js';
 import { consoleLogger, silentLogger } from './logs.js';
 import itemTypeDescription from './constants/itemTypeDescription.js';
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 83ffe40c..2aa6ed94 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -863,21 +863,6 @@ export const zipResults = async (zipName: string, resultsPath: string): Promise<
   });
 };
 
-export const retryFunction = async <T>(func: () => Promise<T>, maxAttempt: number): Promise<T> => {
-  let attemptCount = 0;
-  while (attemptCount < maxAttempt) {
-    attemptCount += 1;
-    try {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
-      const result = await func();
-      return result;
-    } catch (error) {
-      // do nothing, just retry
-    }
-  }
-  throw new Error('Maximum number of attempts reached');
-};
-
 /**
  * Determines which WCAG criteria might appear in the "needsReview" category
  * based on axe-core's rule configuration.
diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
index 89fe9d3d..9158bcc5 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export { default as getCurrentDate } from './getCurrentDate.js';
 export { default as getStoragePath } from './getStoragePath.js';
 export { default as getPdfStoragePath } from './getPdfStoragePath.js';
 export { default as isWhitelistedContentType } from './isWhitelistedContentType.js';
+export { default as retryFunction } from './retryFunction.js';
 export { default as randomThreeDigitNumberString } from './randomThreeDigitNumberString.js';
 export { areLinksEqual, isFollowStrategy } from './linkStrategy.js';
 export { getUserDataFilePath, getUserDataTxt, writeToUserDataTxt } from './userData.js';
diff --git a/src/utils/retryFunction.ts b/src/utils/retryFunction.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e720a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/retryFunction.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const retryFunction = async <T>(func: () => Promise<T>, maxAttempt: number): Promise<T> => {
+  let attemptCount = 0;
+  while (attemptCount < maxAttempt) {
+    attemptCount += 1;
+    try {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
+      const result = await func();
+      return result;
+    } catch (error) {
+      // do nothing, just retry
+    }
+  }
+  throw new Error('Maximum number of attempts reached');
+};
+
+export default retryFunction;