diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 57d2c11..5a90520 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/Luzifer/go-openssl/v4 v4.2.1
-	github.com/Luzifer/go_helpers/v2 v2.20.1
+	github.com/Luzifer/go_helpers/v2 v2.22.0
 	github.com/Luzifer/korvike/functions v0.11.0
 	github.com/Luzifer/rconfig/v2 v2.4.0
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b4dbed4..cedcfcc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ github.com/Luzifer/go-openssl/v4 v4.2.1 h1:0+/gaQ5TcBhGmVqGrfyA21eujlbbaNwj0VlOA
 github.com/Luzifer/go-openssl/v4 v4.2.1/go.mod h1:CZZZWY0buCtkxrkqDPQYigC4Kn55UuO97TEoV+hwz2s=
 github.com/Luzifer/go_helpers/v2 v2.20.1 h1:VAp2J8g31X30Xr8/eVV1Xx993MO0tQx9YwNwab6ouB4=
 github.com/Luzifer/go_helpers/v2 v2.20.1/go.mod h1:cIIqMPu3NT8/6kHke+03hVznNDLLKVGA74Lz47CWJyA=
+github.com/Luzifer/go_helpers/v2 v2.22.0 h1:rJrZkJDzAiq4J0RUbwPI7kQ5rUy7BYQ/GUpo3fSM0y0=
+github.com/Luzifer/go_helpers/v2 v2.22.0/go.mod h1:cIIqMPu3NT8/6kHke+03hVznNDLLKVGA74Lz47CWJyA=
 github.com/Luzifer/korvike/functions v0.11.0 h1:2hr3nnt9hy8Esu1W3h50+RggcLRXvrw92kVQLvxzd2Q=
 github.com/Luzifer/korvike/functions v0.11.0/go.mod h1:osumwH64mWgbwZIfE7rE0BB7Y5HXxrzyO4JfO7fhduU=
 github.com/Luzifer/rconfig/v2 v2.4.0 h1:MAdymTlExAZ8mx5VG8xOFAtFQSpWBipKYQHPOmYTn9o=
diff --git a/pkg/twitch/twitch.go b/pkg/twitch/twitch.go
index 53c22f7..31da2fe 100644
--- a/pkg/twitch/twitch.go
+++ b/pkg/twitch/twitch.go
@@ -90,12 +90,22 @@ type (
 
 // ValidateStatus is the default validation function used when no
 // ValidateFunc is given in the ClientRequestOpts and checks for the
-// returned HTTP status is equal to the OKStatus
+// returned HTTP status is equal to the OKStatus.
+//
+// When the status is http.StatusTooManyRequests the function will
+// return an error terminating any retries as retrying would not make
+// sense (the error returned from Request will still be an HTTPError
+// with status 429).
 //
 // When wrapping this function the body should not have been read
 // before in order to have the response body available in the returned
 // HTTPError
 func ValidateStatus(opts ClientRequestOpts, resp *http.Response) error {
+	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusTooManyRequests {
+		// Twitch doesn't want to hear any more of this
+		return backoff.NewErrCannotRetry(newHTTPError(resp.StatusCode, nil, nil))
+	}
+
 	if opts.OKStatus != 0 && resp.StatusCode != opts.OKStatus {
 		body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {