diff --git a/app/celery/process_ses_receipts_tasks.py b/app/celery/process_ses_receipts_tasks.py
index ebc04ba92..ebe0cfaf9 100644
--- a/app/celery/process_ses_receipts_tasks.py
+++ b/app/celery/process_ses_receipts_tasks.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 import iso8601
+from celery.exceptions import Retry
 from flask import current_app, json
 from notifications_utils.statsd_decorators import statsd
 from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ def process_ses_results(self, response):
 
         return True
 
+    except Retry:
+        raise
+
     except Exception as e:
         current_app.logger.exception('Error processing SES results: {}'.format(type(e)))
         self.retry(queue=QueueNames.RETRY)