diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Result/TaskRetries.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Result/TaskRetries.pm
index 08c7e8f6..538252de 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Result/TaskRetries.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Result/TaskRetries.pm
@@ -105,6 +105,16 @@ __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key("id");
 # Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.07049 @ 2021-08-26 16:30:59
 # DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:4MC8UnsgrvJVRrIURvSH5A
 
+use Hydra::Math qw(exponential_backoff);
+
+sub requeue {
+  my ($self) = @_;
+
+  $self->update({
+    attempts => $self->attempts + 1,
+    retry_at => time() + exponential_backoff($self->attempts + 1),
+  });
+
+}
 
-# You can replace this text with custom code or comments, and it will be preserved on regeneration
 1;
diff --git a/t/Schema/Result/TaskRetries.t b/t/Schema/Result/TaskRetries.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0425f11c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/Schema/Result/TaskRetries.t
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Setup;
+
+my %ctx = test_init();
+
+require Hydra::Schema;
+require Hydra::Model::DB;
+
+use Test2::V0;
+
+my $db = Hydra::Model::DB->new;
+hydra_setup($db);
+
+my $taskretries = $db->resultset('TaskRetries');
+
+subtest "requeue" => sub {
+    my $task = $taskretries->create({
+        channel => "bogus",
+        pluginname => "bogus",
+        payload => "bogus",
+        attempts => 1,
+        retry_at => time(),
+    });
+
+    $task->requeue();
+    is($task->attempts, 2, "We should have stored a second retry");
+    is($task->retry_at, within(time() + 4, 2), "Delayed two exponential backoff step");
+
+    $task->requeue();
+    is($task->attempts, 3, "We should have stored a third retry");
+    is($task->retry_at, within(time() + 8, 2), "Delayed a third exponential backoff step");
+};
+
+done_testing;