diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/App.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/App.java
index 91b99ba571..634f0a9014 100644
--- a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/App.java
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/App.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ public class App {
         runJob(context, "firstBatchJob");
         runJob(context, "skippingBatchJob");
         runJob(context, "skipPolicyBatchJob");
+        runJob(context, "retryBatchJob");
+
     }
 
     private static void runJob(AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context, String batchJobName) {
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/SpringBatchConfig.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/SpringBatchConfig.java
index 07dd65bcfd..90eb038052 100644
--- a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/SpringBatchConfig.java
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/SpringBatchConfig.java
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 package org.baeldung.batch;
 
+import org.apache.http.conn.ConnectTimeoutException;
 import org.baeldung.batch.model.Transaction;
 import org.baeldung.batch.service.CustomItemProcessor;
 import org.baeldung.batch.service.CustomSkipPolicy;
 import org.baeldung.batch.service.MissingUsernameException;
 import org.baeldung.batch.service.NegativeAmountException;
 import org.baeldung.batch.service.RecordFieldSetMapper;
+import org.baeldung.batch.service.RetryItemProcessor;
 import org.baeldung.batch.service.SkippingItemProcessor;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.Step;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.annotation.EnableBatchProcessing;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.annotation.JobBuilderFactory;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.annotation.StepBuilderFactory;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
@@ -23,12 +26,15 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.dao.DeadlockLoserDataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.oxm.Marshaller;
 import org.springframework.oxm.jaxb.Jaxb2Marshaller;
 
 import java.text.ParseException;
-
+@Configuration
+@EnableBatchProcessing
 public class SpringBatchConfig {
     @Autowired
     private JobBuilderFactory jobBuilderFactory;
@@ -69,6 +75,11 @@ public class SpringBatchConfig {
         return new SkippingItemProcessor();
     }
 
+    @Bean
+    public ItemProcessor<Transaction, Transaction> retryItemProcessor() {
+        return new RetryItemProcessor();
+    }
+
     @Bean
     public ItemWriter<Transaction> itemWriter(Marshaller marshaller) {
         StaxEventItemWriter<Transaction> itemWriter = new StaxEventItemWriter<>();
@@ -117,6 +128,22 @@ public class SpringBatchConfig {
                 .build();
     }
 
+    @Bean
+    public Step retryStep(@Qualifier("retryItemProcessor") ItemProcessor<Transaction, Transaction> processor,
+        ItemWriter<Transaction> writer) throws ParseException {
+        return stepBuilderFactory
+            .get("retryStep")
+            .<Transaction, Transaction>chunk(10)
+            .reader(itemReader(inputCsv))
+            .processor(processor)
+            .writer(writer)
+            .faultTolerant()
+            .retryLimit(3)
+            .retry(ConnectTimeoutException.class)
+            .retry(DeadlockLoserDataAccessException.class)
+            .build();
+    }
+
     @Bean(name = "skippingBatchJob")
     public Job skippingJob(@Qualifier("skippingStep") Step skippingStep) {
         return jobBuilderFactory
@@ -125,6 +152,14 @@ public class SpringBatchConfig {
                 .build();
     }
 
+    @Bean(name = "retryBatchJob")
+    public Job retryJob(@Qualifier("retryStep") Step retryStep) {
+        return jobBuilderFactory
+            .get("retryBatchJob")
+            .start(retryStep)
+            .build();
+    }
+
     @Bean
     public Step skipPolicyStep(@Qualifier("skippingItemProcessor") ItemProcessor<Transaction, Transaction> processor,
                                ItemWriter<Transaction> writer) throws ParseException {
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/model/Transaction.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/model/Transaction.java
index 0ce3a413ab..f34462eadd 100644
--- a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/model/Transaction.java
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/model/Transaction.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
 public class Transaction {
     private String username;
     private int userId;
+    private int age;
+    private String postCode;
     private Date transactionDate;
     private double amount;
 
@@ -46,9 +48,25 @@ public class Transaction {
         this.amount = amount;
     }
 
+    public int getAge() {
+        return age;
+    }
+
+    public void setAge(int age) {
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    public String getPostCode() {
+        return postCode;
+    }
+
+    public void setPostCode(String postCode) {
+        this.postCode = postCode;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return "Transaction [username=" + username + ", userId=" + userId + ", transactionDate=" + transactionDate + ", amount=" + amount + "]";
+        return "Transaction [username=" + username + ", userId=" + userId + ", age=" + age + ", postCode=" + postCode + ", transactionDate=" + transactionDate + ", amount=" + amount + "]";
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/service/RetryItemProcessor.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/service/RetryItemProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8eb279caf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/service/RetryItemProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package org.baeldung.batch.service;
+
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
+import org.baeldung.batch.model.Transaction;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class RetryItemProcessor implements ItemProcessor<Transaction, Transaction> {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RetryItemProcessor.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public Transaction process(Transaction transaction) throws IOException {
+        LOGGER.info("Attempting to process user with id={}", transaction.getUserId());
+        HttpResponse response = fetchMoreUserDetails(transaction.getUserId());
+        //parse user's age and postCode from response and update transaction
+        return transaction;
+    }
+
+    private HttpResponse fetchMoreUserDetails(int id) throws IOException {
+        final RequestConfig config = RequestConfig.custom().setConnectTimeout(2 * 1000).build();
+        final CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClientBuilder.create().setDefaultRequestConfig(config).build();
+
+        final HttpGet request = new HttpGet("http://www.baeldung.com:81/user/" + id);
+        return client.execute(request);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/resources/spring-batch-intro.xml b/spring-batch/src/main/resources/spring-batch-intro.xml
index 0f76dd50ff..908b8aa2e1 100644
--- a/spring-batch/src/main/resources/spring-batch-intro.xml
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/resources/spring-batch-intro.xml
@@ -54,4 +54,19 @@
             </batch:tasklet>
         </batch:step>
     </batch:job>
+
+    <batch:job id="retryBatchJob">
+        <batch:step id="retryStep">
+            <batch:tasklet>
+                <batch:chunk reader="itemReader" writer="itemWriter"
+                             processor="retryItemProcessor" commit-interval="10"
+                             retry-limit="3">
+                    <batch:retryable-exception-classes>
+                        <batch:include class="org.apache.http.conn.ConnectTimeoutException"/>
+                        <batch:include class="org.springframework.dao.DeadlockLoserDataAccessException"/>
+                    </batch:retryable-exception-classes>
+                </batch:chunk>
+            </batch:tasklet>
+        </batch:step>
+    </batch:job>
 </beans>