diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 85dac79..6495c1c 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import bytes from 'bytes';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import getFiles from './get-files';
 import hash from './hash';
-import retry from './retry';
+import retry from 'async-retry';
 import Agent from './agent';
 import EventEmitter from 'events';
 import { basename, resolve } from 'path';
@@ -158,12 +158,11 @@ export default class Now extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     const uploadChunk = () => {
-      Promise.all(parts.shift().map((sha) => retry(async (bail) => {
+      Promise.all(parts.shift().map((sha) => retry(async (bail, attempt) => {
         const file = this._files.get(sha);
         const { data, names } = file;
 
-        if (this._debug) console.time(`> [debug] /sync ${names.join(' ')}`);
-
+        if (this._debug) console.time(`> [debug] /sync #${attempt} ${names.join(' ')}`);
         const stream = resumer().queue(data).end();
         const res = await this._fetch('/now/sync', {
           method: 'POST',
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ export default class Now extends EventEmitter {
           },
           body: stream
         });
-        if (this._debug) console.timeEnd(`> [debug] /sync ${names.join(' ')}`);
+        if (this._debug) console.timeEnd(`> [debug] /sync #${attempt} ${names.join(' ')}`);
 
         // no retry on 4xx
         if (200 !== res.status && (400 <= res.status || 500 > res.status)) {
diff --git a/lib/retry.js b/lib/retry.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 79e37df..0000000
--- a/lib/retry.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import retrier from 'retry';
-
-export default function retry (fn, opts) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const op = retrier.operation(opts);
-    const { onRetry } = opts;
-
-    // we allow the user to abort retrying
-    // this makes sense in the cases where
-    // knowledge is obtained that retrying
-    // would be futile (e.g.: auth errors)
-    const bail = (err) => reject(err);
-
-    op.attempt((num) => {
-      if (num > 1 && onRetry) {
-        const errs = op.errors();
-        onRetry(errs[errs.length - 1]);
-      }
-
-      fn(bail)
-      .then((val) => resolve(val))
-      .catch(err => {
-        if (!op.retry(err)) {
-          reject(op.mainError());
-        }
-      });
-    });
-  });
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eca14c5..e9742b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
     "split-array": "1.0.1",
     "text-table": "0.2.0",
     "email-validator": "1.0.4",
-    "email-prompt": "0.1.4"
+    "email-prompt": "0.1.4",
+    "async-retry": "0.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "alpha-sort": "1.0.2",