diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d2b51c419..4ba5be517 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/goreleaser/nfpm v1.2.1
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.9
 	github.com/jarcoal/httpmock v1.0.5
-	github.com/kamilsk/retry/v4 v4.7.2
 	github.com/mattn/go-zglob v0.0.1
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a27f399d1..a185a5121 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af/go.mod h1:Nht
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0/go.mod h1:7hK45KPybAkOC6peb+G5yklZfMxEjkZhHbwpqxOKXbg=
 github.com/jpillora/backoff v0.0.0-20180909062703-3050d21c67d7/go.mod h1:2iMrUgbbvHEiQClaW2NsSzMyGHqN+rDFqY705q49KG0=
 github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report v0.0.0-20190106144839-af01ea7f8024/go.mod h1:6v2b51hI/fHJwM22ozAgKL4VKDeJcHhJFhtBdhmNjmU=
-github.com/kamilsk/retry/v4 v4.7.2 h1:8C33aqTQtTSvPf7MpLZ4xSY4JZK2YCvY+hTlsbiHNq8=
-github.com/kamilsk/retry/v4 v4.7.2/go.mod h1:pIQtBtycHTXScrJmpu3N2SSBT07s07Uruq2Au1aRLks=
 github.com/kr/logfmt v0.0.0-20140226030751-b84e30acd515/go.mod h1:+0opPa2QZZtGFBFZlji/RkVcI2GknAs/DXo4wKdlNEc=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
diff --git a/internal/client/client.go b/internal/client/client.go
index bcdf7d132..57c0ae43a 100644
--- a/internal/client/client.go
+++ b/internal/client/client.go
@@ -47,7 +47,3 @@ type RetriableError struct {
 func (e RetriableError) Error() string {
 	return e.Err.Error()
 }
-
-func (e RetriableError) Retriable() bool {
-	return true
-}
diff --git a/internal/pipe/release/release.go b/internal/pipe/release/release.go
index 9f5b7a7d8..b57da1124 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/release/release.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/release/release.go
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/pipe"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/semerrgroup"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/context"
-	"github.com/kamilsk/retry/v4"
-	"github.com/kamilsk/retry/v4/backoff"
-	"github.com/kamilsk/retry/v4/strategy"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-zglob"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -165,17 +162,17 @@ func doPublish(ctx *context.Context, client client.Client) error {
 	return g.Wait()
 }
 
-func upload(ctx *context.Context, client client.Client, releaseID string, artifact *artifact.Artifact) error {
-	var repeats uint
-	what := func(try uint) error {
-		repeats = try + 1
+func upload(ctx *context.Context, cli client.Client, releaseID string, artifact *artifact.Artifact) error {
+	var try int
+	tryUpload := func() error {
+		try++
 		file, err := os.Open(artifact.Path)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		defer file.Close() // nolint: errcheck
 		log.WithField("file", file.Name()).WithField("name", artifact.Name).Info("uploading to release")
-		if err := client.Upload(ctx, releaseID, artifact, file); err != nil {
+		if err := cli.Upload(ctx, releaseID, artifact, file); err != nil {
 			log.WithField("try", try).
 				WithField("artifact", artifact.Name).
 				WithError(err).
@@ -184,15 +181,24 @@ func upload(ctx *context.Context, client client.Client, releaseID string, artifa
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
-	how := []func(uint, error) bool{
-		strategy.Limit(10),
-		strategy.Backoff(backoff.Linear(50 * time.Millisecond)),
-		strategy.CheckError(false),
+
+	var err error
+loop:
+	for try < 10 {
+		err = tryUpload()
+		if err == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		switch err.(type) {
+		case client.RetriableError:
+			time.Sleep(time.Duration(try*50) * time.Millisecond)
+			continue
+		default:
+			break loop
+		}
 	}
-	if err := retry.Try(ctx, what, how...); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to upload %s after %d tries", artifact.Name, repeats)
-	}
-	return nil
+
+	return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to upload %s after %d tries", artifact.Name, try)
 }
 
 func findFiles(ctx *context.Context) (map[string]string, error) {