diff --git a/manifest.yml b/manifest.yml
index e45ffd6..a040f6e 100644
--- a/manifest.yml
+++ b/manifest.yml
@@ -38,4 +38,10 @@ dependencies:
     repository:
       type: "git"
       url: "https://github.com/aws/Device-Shadow-for-AWS-IoT-embedded-sdk.git"
+  - name: "backoffAlgorithm"
+    version: "v1.0.0"
+    repository:
+      type: "git"
+      url: "https://github.com/FreeRTOS/backoffAlgorithm"
+      
 license: "MIT"