diff --git a/internal/provider/data_source_all_usergroups.go b/internal/provider/data_source_all_usergroups.go
index 4504347..2ce3d85 100644
--- a/internal/provider/data_source_all_usergroups.go
+++ b/internal/provider/data_source_all_usergroups.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/essent/terraform-provider-slack/internal/slackExt"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/datasource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/datasource/schema"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/types"
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ func NewAllUserGroupsDataSource() datasource.DataSource {
 }
 
 type AllUserGroupsDataSource struct {
-	client *slack.Client
+	client slackExt.Client
 }
 
 type AllUserGroupsDataSourceModel struct {
diff --git a/internal/provider/data_source_all_users.go b/internal/provider/data_source_all_users.go
index c28c0cb..46e3a05 100644
--- a/internal/provider/data_source_all_users.go
+++ b/internal/provider/data_source_all_users.go
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/essent/terraform-provider-slack/internal/slackExt"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/datasource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/datasource/schema"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/types"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-log/tflog"
-	"github.com/slack-go/slack"
 )
 
 var _ datasource.DataSource = &AllUsersDataSource{}
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ func NewAllUsersDataSource() datasource.DataSource {
 }
 
 type AllUsersDataSource struct {
-	client *slack.Client
+	client slackExt.Client
 }
 
 type AllUsersDataSourceModel struct {
diff --git a/internal/provider/data_source_user.go b/internal/provider/data_source_user.go
index 163fceb..c4a7745 100644
--- a/internal/provider/data_source_user.go
+++ b/internal/provider/data_source_user.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/essent/terraform-provider-slack/internal/slackExt"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework-validators/stringvalidator"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/datasource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/datasource/schema"
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ func NewUserDataSource() datasource.DataSource {
 }
 
 type UserDataSource struct {
-	client *slack.Client
+	client slackExt.Client
 }
 
 type UserDataSourceModel struct {
diff --git a/internal/provider/provider.go b/internal/provider/provider.go
index a7bce2d..17b8304 100644
--- a/internal/provider/provider.go
+++ b/internal/provider/provider.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/essent/terraform-provider-slack/internal/slackExt"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/datasource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/function"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/provider"
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ type SlackProviderModel struct {
 }
 
 type SlackProviderData struct {
-	Client *slack.Client
+	Client slackExt.Client
 }
 
 func (p *SlackProvider) Metadata(ctx context.Context, req provider.MetadataRequest, resp *provider.MetadataResponse) {
@@ -83,8 +85,8 @@ func (p *SlackProvider) Configure(ctx context.Context, req provider.ConfigureReq
 		return
 	}
 
-	resp.DataSourceData = &SlackProviderData{Client: client}
-	resp.ResourceData = &SlackProviderData{Client: client}
+	resp.DataSourceData = &SlackProviderData{Client: slackExt.New(client)}
+	resp.ResourceData = &SlackProviderData{Client: slackExt.New(client)}
 }
 
 func (p *SlackProvider) Resources(ctx context.Context) []func() resource.Resource {
diff --git a/internal/slackExt/client.go b/internal/slackExt/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a36623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/slackExt/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package slackExt
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/slack-go/slack"
+)
+
+type Client interface {
+	GetUserInfo(user string) (*slack.User, error)
+	GetUserByEmail(email string) (*slack.User, error)
+	GetUsersContext(ctx context.Context) ([]slack.User, error)
+	GetUserGroups(options ...slack.GetUserGroupsOption) ([]slack.UserGroup, error)
+}
+
+func New(base *slack.Client) Client {
+	return &clientRateLimit{&clientImpl{base}}
+}
diff --git a/internal/slackExt/client_impl.go b/internal/slackExt/client_impl.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..291b435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/slackExt/client_impl.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package slackExt
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/slack-go/slack"
+)
+
+type clientImpl struct {
+	base *slack.Client
+}
+
+func (c *clientImpl) GetUserInfo(user string) (*slack.User, error) {
+	return c.base.GetUserInfo(user)
+}
+
+func (c *clientImpl) GetUserByEmail(email string) (*slack.User, error) {
+	return c.base.GetUserByEmail(email)
+}
+
+func (c *clientImpl) GetUsersContext(ctx context.Context) ([]slack.User, error) {
+	return c.base.GetUsersContext(ctx)
+}
+
+func (c *clientImpl) GetUserGroups(options ...slack.GetUserGroupsOption) ([]slack.UserGroup, error) {
+	return c.base.GetUserGroups(options...)
+}
diff --git a/internal/slackExt/client_rate_limit.go b/internal/slackExt/client_rate_limit.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f88321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/slackExt/client_rate_limit.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package slackExt
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/slack-go/slack"
+)
+
+type clientRateLimit struct {
+	base Client
+}
+
+func rateLimit[R any](f func() (R, error)) (R, error) {
+	for {
+		result, err := f()
+
+		if err == nil {
+			return result, nil
+		}
+
+		if rateLimitedError, ok := err.(*slack.RateLimitedError); ok {
+			<-time.After(rateLimitedError.RetryAfter)
+			err = nil
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *clientRateLimit) GetUserInfo(user string) (result *slack.User, err error) {
+	return rateLimit(func() (*slack.User, error) {
+		return c.base.GetUserInfo(user)
+	})
+}
+
+func (c *clientRateLimit) GetUserByEmail(email string) (*slack.User, error) {
+	return c.base.GetUserByEmail(email)
+}
+
+func (c *clientRateLimit) GetUsersContext(ctx context.Context) ([]slack.User, error) {
+	return rateLimit(func() ([]slack.User, error) {
+		return c.base.GetUsersContext(ctx)
+	})
+}
+
+func (c *clientRateLimit) GetUserGroups(options ...slack.GetUserGroupsOption) ([]slack.UserGroup, error) {
+	return rateLimit(func() ([]slack.UserGroup, error) {
+		return c.base.GetUserGroups(options...)
+	})
+}