diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a34b7d..2436a3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,22 +5,31 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.2.4]
+
+### Added
+- `TooManyRequestsError` is raised by all API calls when the TIND API returns an HTTP 429 response.
+
+
 ## [0.2.3]
 
 ### Added
 - parameter to client.write_search_results_to_file() to specify an output directory for the file, with fallback to default_storage_dir if not provided
 - also uses PATH
 
+
 ## [0.2.2]
 
 ### Changed
 - build package and publish to pypi, using setuptools_scm for version management
 
+
 ## [0.2.1]
 
 ### Changed
  - reconciling version agreement between the releases, this file, and the pyproject.toml
 
+
 ## [0.2.0]
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 8382f7f..0a1da0c 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import requests_mock as req_mock  # noqa: F401 — activates the requests_mock fixture
 
 from tind_client.api import tind_download, tind_get
-from tind_client.errors import AuthorizationError
+from tind_client.errors import AuthorizationError, TooManyRequestsError
 
 BASE_URL = "https://tind.example.edu"
 API_KEY = "test-api-key"
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ def test_tind_get_raises_on_401(requests_mock: req_mock.Mocker) -> None:
         tind_get("record/1/", api_key=API_KEY, api_url=BASE_URL)
 
 
+def test_tind_get_raises_on_429(requests_mock: req_mock.Mocker) -> None:
+    """Ensure tind_get raises TooManyRequestsError on HTTP 429."""
+    requests_mock.get(f"{BASE_URL}/record/1/", status_code=429)
+    with pytest.raises(TooManyRequestsError):
+        tind_get("record/1/", api_key=API_KEY, api_url=BASE_URL)
+
+
 def test_tind_get_raises_on_500(requests_mock: req_mock.Mocker) -> None:
     """tind_get propagates an HTTPError on HTTP 5xx."""
     requests_mock.get(f"{BASE_URL}/record/1/", status_code=500)
@@ -90,6 +97,14 @@ def test_tind_download_raises_on_401(requests_mock: req_mock.Mocker) -> None:
         tind_download(url, "/tmp", api_key=API_KEY)
 
 
+def test_tind_download_raises_on_429(requests_mock: req_mock.Mocker) -> None:
+    """Ensure tind_download raises TooManyRequestsError on HTTP 429."""
+    url = f"{BASE_URL}/files/12345/download"
+    requests_mock.get(url, status_code=429)
+    with pytest.raises(TooManyRequestsError):
+        tind_download(url, "/tmp", api_key=API_KEY)
+
+
 def test_tind_download_non_200_returns_empty(requests_mock: req_mock.Mocker) -> None:
     """tind_download returns (status, '') for non-200, non-error responses."""
     url = f"{BASE_URL}/files/12345/download"
diff --git a/tind_client/api.py b/tind_client/api.py
index 0828be1..2d7105f 100644
--- a/tind_client/api.py
+++ b/tind_client/api.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from typing import Tuple
 import requests
 
-from .errors import AuthorizationError, TINDError
+from .errors import AuthorizationError, TINDError, TooManyRequestsError
 
 
 TIMEOUT: int = 30
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ def tind_get(
     :param dict|None params: Extra query parameters to send.
                              For example, ``{'of': 'xm'}``.
     :raises AuthorizationError: If an invalid TIND API key is provided.
+    :raises TooManyRequestsError: If the TIND server is overloaded with requests.
+    :raises TINDError: If an internal server error occurs during request processing.
     :returns: A tuple of the HTTP status code and response text (if any).
     :rtype: Tuple[int, str]
     """
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ def tind_get(
     )
     if resp.status_code == 401:
         raise AuthorizationError("Invalid TIND API key provided")
+    if resp.status_code == 429:
+        raise TooManyRequestsError("Enhance your calm")
     if resp.status_code >= 500:
         raise TINDError.from_json(resp.status_code, resp.text)
     return resp.status_code, resp.text
@@ -66,6 +70,8 @@ def tind_download(url: str, output_dir: str, api_key: str) -> Tuple[int, str]:
     :param str output_dir: The path to the directory in which to save the file.
     :param str api_key: The TIND API token.
     :raises AuthorizationError: If an invalid TIND API key is provided.
+    :raises TooManyRequestsError: If the TIND server is overloaded with requests.
+    :raises TINDError: If an internal server error occurs during request processing.
     :returns: A tuple of the HTTP status code and the path to the downloaded file (if successful).
     :rtype: Tuple[int, str]
     """
@@ -73,6 +79,8 @@ def tind_download(url: str, output_dir: str, api_key: str) -> Tuple[int, str]:
     status = resp.status_code
     if status == 401:
         raise AuthorizationError("Invalid TIND API key provided")
+    if status == 429:
+        raise TooManyRequestsError("Enhance your calm")
     if status >= 500:
         raise TINDError.from_json(status, resp.text)
     if status != 200:
diff --git a/tind_client/errors.py b/tind_client/errors.py
index 6a3998a..ac2bab0 100644
--- a/tind_client/errors.py
+++ b/tind_client/errors.py
@@ -28,5 +28,9 @@ class AuthorizationError(TINDError):
     """Raised when authorization with the TIND API fails."""
 
 
+class TooManyRequestsError(TINDError):
+    """Raised when the TIND API has had too many requests in a short period."""
+
+
 class RecordNotFoundError(TINDError):
     """Raised when a requested record or file is not found in TIND."""