diff --git a/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_definitions.yaml b/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_definitions.yaml
index dd35f06a16a9..22e6fab492a5 100644
--- a/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_definitions.yaml
+++ b/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_definitions.yaml
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@
 - name: Slack
   sourceDefinitionId: c2281cee-86f9-4a86-bb48-d23286b4c7bd
   dockerRepository: airbyte/source-slack
-  dockerImageTag: 0.1.20
+  dockerImageTag: 0.1.21
   documentationUrl: https://docs.airbyte.com/integrations/sources/slack
   icon: slack.svg
   sourceType: api
diff --git a/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_specs.yaml b/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_specs.yaml
index 21a3f3d4d690..6fef1da5a6ca 100644
--- a/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_specs.yaml
+++ b/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_specs.yaml
@@ -13400,7 +13400,7 @@
     supportsNormalization: false
     supportsDBT: false
     supported_destination_sync_modes: []
-- dockerImage: "airbyte/source-slack:0.1.20"
+- dockerImage: "airbyte/source-slack:0.1.21"
   spec:
     documentationUrl: "https://docs.airbyte.com/integrations/sources/slack"
     connectionSpecification:
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-slack/Dockerfile b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-slack/Dockerfile
index a0ff6a254396..ac5ad0c8a508 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-slack/Dockerfile
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-slack/Dockerfile
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ COPY main.py ./
 ENV AIRBYTE_ENTRYPOINT "python /airbyte/integration_code/main.py"
 ENTRYPOINT ["python", "/airbyte/integration_code/main.py"]
 
-LABEL io.airbyte.version=0.1.20
+LABEL io.airbyte.version=0.1.21
 LABEL io.airbyte.name=airbyte/source-slack
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-slack/source_slack/source.py b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-slack/source_slack/source.py
index 63288a1f2add..214db26f2717 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-slack/source_slack/source.py
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-slack/source_slack/source.py
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ def backoff_time(self, response: requests.Response) -> Optional[float]:
     def data_field(self) -> str:
         """The name of the field in the response which contains the data"""
 
+    def should_retry(self, response: requests.Response) -> bool:
+        return response.status_code == requests.codes.REQUEST_TIMEOUT or super().should_retry(response)
+
 
 class ChanneledStream(SlackStream, ABC):
     """Slack stream with channel filter"""
diff --git a/docs/integrations/sources/slack.md b/docs/integrations/sources/slack.md
index ccf5b07af39d..9741d94178c6 100644
--- a/docs/integrations/sources/slack.md
+++ b/docs/integrations/sources/slack.md
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ It is recommended to sync required channels only, this can be done by specifying
 
 | Version | Date       | Pull Request                                             | Subject                                             |
 |:--------|:-----------|:---------------------------------------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------|
+| 0.1.21  | 2023-01-12 | [21321](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/21321) | Retry Timeout error                                 |
 | 0.1.20  | 2022-12-21 | [20767](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/20767) | Update schema                                       |
 | 0.1.19  | 2022-12-01 | [19970](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/19970) | Remove OAuth2.0 broken `refresh_token` support      |
 | 0.1.18  | 2022-09-28 | [17315](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/17315) | Always install latest version of Airbyte CDK        |