diff --git a/fhir-helpers/pom.xml b/fhir-helpers/pom.xml
index 542079cc..03b2c50d 100644
--- a/fhir-helpers/pom.xml
+++ b/fhir-helpers/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>io.elimu.a2d2</groupId>
 	<artifactId>fhir-helpers</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.16</version>
+	<version>0.0.17</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>fhir-helpers</name>
 	<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
diff --git a/fhir-query-helper-base/pom.xml b/fhir-query-helper-base/pom.xml
index b56510e0..e6a6f968 100644
--- a/fhir-query-helper-base/pom.xml
+++ b/fhir-query-helper-base/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>fhir-query-helper-base</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.16</version>
+	<version>0.0.17</version>
 	<description>CDS Helper base</description>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/fhir-query-helper-base/src/main/java/io/elimu/a2d2/cds/fhir/helper/FetchCallRetry.java b/fhir-query-helper-base/src/main/java/io/elimu/a2d2/cds/fhir/helper/FetchCallRetry.java
index e2790808..2c511151 100644
--- a/fhir-query-helper-base/src/main/java/io/elimu/a2d2/cds/fhir/helper/FetchCallRetry.java
+++ b/fhir-query-helper-base/src/main/java/io/elimu/a2d2/cds/fhir/helper/FetchCallRetry.java
@@ -35,11 +35,14 @@ public T retryRestCall(FhirClientWrapper client) {
 				log.info("FHIR REST call failed attempt number " + count + " with status " + client.getTracker().getResponseStatusCode() + ". Retrying after waiting " + (delay * count) + "ms");
 				count++;
 			} catch (Throwable t) {
+				if (client.getTracker().getResponseStatusCode() >= 0 && client.getTracker().getResponseStatusCode() < 500) {
+					throw new RuntimeException("Invocation of call failed with status code " + client.getTracker().getResponseStatusCode() + ". No further retries will be performed");
+				}
 				count++; // and retry
 				log.warn("FHIR REST call failed attempt number " + count + " with status " + client.getTracker().getResponseStatusCode() + " and error. Retrying after waiting " + (delay * count) + "ms", t);
 			}
 		}
-		throw new RuntimeException("After " + count + " retries, invocation of clal still failed");
+		throw new RuntimeException("After " + count + " retries, invocation of call still failed");
 	}
 
 	public int getDelay(int count, int delay) {
diff --git a/fhir-query-helper-dstu2/pom.xml b/fhir-query-helper-dstu2/pom.xml
index 2b1ec75f..2589ac75 100644
--- a/fhir-query-helper-dstu2/pom.xml
+++ b/fhir-query-helper-dstu2/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>fhir-query-helper-dstu2</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.16</version>
+	<version>0.0.17</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<description>CDS Helper</description>
 
diff --git a/fhir-query-helper-dstu3/pom.xml b/fhir-query-helper-dstu3/pom.xml
index 6b4756df..a643923d 100644
--- a/fhir-query-helper-dstu3/pom.xml
+++ b/fhir-query-helper-dstu3/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>fhir-query-helper-dstu3</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.16</version>
+	<version>0.0.17</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<description>CDS Helper DSTU3</description>
 
diff --git a/fhir-query-helper-r4/pom.xml b/fhir-query-helper-r4/pom.xml
index b510a615..9c25817a 100644
--- a/fhir-query-helper-r4/pom.xml
+++ b/fhir-query-helper-r4/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>fhir-query-helper-r4</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.16</version>
+	<version>0.0.17</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<description>CDS Helper R4</description>
 
diff --git a/oauth-helpers/pom.xml b/oauth-helpers/pom.xml
index 037ff818..c1771137 100644
--- a/oauth-helpers/pom.xml
+++ b/oauth-helpers/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>oauth-helpers</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.16</version>
+	<version>0.0.17</version>
 	<description>OAuth Helper</description>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e9d0c5c..10f0a926 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		<protobuf-java.version>3.21.8</protobuf-java.version>
 		<mockito.version>2.23.0</mockito.version>
 		<jedis.version>4.0.1</jedis.version>
-		<cds.helper.version>0.0.16</cds.helper.version>
+		<cds.helper.version>0.0.17</cds.helper.version>
 		<freemarker.version>2.3.30</freemarker.version>
 		<jacoco.version>0.8.7</jacoco.version>
 		<jaxb.api.version>2.3.1</jaxb.api.version>