diff --git a/aider/exceptions.py b/aider/exceptions.py
index 9df758026..12c257540 100644
--- a/aider/exceptions.py
+++ b/aider/exceptions.py
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ class LiteLLMExceptions:
                 return ExInfo("APIConnectionError", False, "You need to: pip install boto3")
             if "OpenrouterException" in str(ex) and "'choices'" in str(ex):
                 return ExInfo(
-                    "APIConnectionError", False, "The OpenRouter API provider is down or offline"
+                    "APIConnectionError", True, "The OpenRouter API provider is down or offline"
                 )
         return self.exceptions.get(ex.__class__, ExInfo(None, None, None))
diff --git a/tests/basic/test_exceptions.py b/tests/basic/test_exceptions.py
index 5e376636a..7a335133d 100644
--- a/tests/basic/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/tests/basic/test_exceptions.py
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ def test_openrouter_error():
     )
 
     ex_info = ex.get_ex_info(openrouter_error)
-    assert ex_info.retry is False
+    assert ex_info.retry is True
     assert "OpenRouter API provider is down" in ex_info.description