diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c7f892be0..60564f4be 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/grafana/amixr-api-go-client v0.0.12 // main branch
 	github.com/grafana/grafana-com-public-clients/go/gcom v0.0.0-20240807172819-ac10800522a3
 	github.com/grafana/grafana-openapi-client-go v0.0.0-20240723170622-ae2c94b7c9a3
-	github.com/grafana/machine-learning-go-client v0.8.0
+	github.com/grafana/machine-learning-go-client v0.8.1
 	github.com/grafana/slo-openapi-client/go/slo v0.0.0-20240807172758-1b7d00838fc7
 	github.com/grafana/synthetic-monitoring-agent v0.25.2
 	github.com/grafana/synthetic-monitoring-api-go-client v0.8.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 36d139147..19eb5288c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.235.0 h1:UnZ/iBDvCkfDgwR94opi8trAWJX
 github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.235.0/go.mod h1:6n9LbrjGL3xAATntYVNcIi90G9BVHRJjzHKz5FXVfWw=
 github.com/grafana/machine-learning-go-client v0.8.0 h1:N8+0f5aFM/umVJWvlJkJy9McVIp9MIBUtuNruug94II=
 github.com/grafana/machine-learning-go-client v0.8.0/go.mod h1:9xRIoH6Y6RubuCPNjLfpckE/fLVe9dazg3HSLI1ARAU=
+github.com/grafana/machine-learning-go-client v0.8.1 h1:cCVb2FQuMMto2qvhmVcjHM4eFjAey3AiTLYVUq3wYVI=
+github.com/grafana/machine-learning-go-client v0.8.1/go.mod h1:9xRIoH6Y6RubuCPNjLfpckE/fLVe9dazg3HSLI1ARAU=
 github.com/grafana/otel-profiling-go v0.5.1 h1:stVPKAFZSa7eGiqbYuG25VcqYksR6iWvF3YH66t4qL8=
 github.com/grafana/otel-profiling-go v0.5.1/go.mod h1:ftN/t5A/4gQI19/8MoWurBEtC6gFw8Dns1sJZ9W4Tls=
 github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go/godeltaprof v0.1.8 h1:iwOtYXeeVSAeYefJNaxDytgjKtUuKQbJqgAIjlnicKg=
diff --git a/pkg/provider/configure_clients.go b/pkg/provider/configure_clients.go
index 4ec075c06..3afc2811d 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/configure_clients.go
+++ b/pkg/provider/configure_clients.go
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ func createMLClient(client *common.Client, providerConfig ProviderConfig) error
 		BasicAuth:   client.GrafanaAPIConfig.BasicAuth,
 		BearerToken: client.GrafanaAPIConfig.APIKey,
 		Client:      getRetryClient(providerConfig),
-		NumRetries:  client.GrafanaAPIConfig.NumRetries,
 	}
 	mlURL := client.GrafanaAPIURL
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(mlURL, "/") {