diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e73405c..1873648 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.2.1] - 2024-01-22
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+- Fixed bug with redirect handler maintaing `max_redirect` across requests.[#246](https://github.com/microsoft/kiota-http-python/issues/246)
+
 ## [1.2.0] - 2023-11-29
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/kiota_http/_version.py b/kiota_http/_version.py
index a9ecfe2..9035c05 100644
--- a/kiota_http/_version.py
+++ b/kiota_http/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION: str = '1.2.0'
+VERSION: str = '1.2.1'
diff --git a/kiota_http/middleware/options/redirect_handler_option.py b/kiota_http/middleware/options/redirect_handler_option.py
index a2a6c3a..9f0c43a 100644
--- a/kiota_http/middleware/options/redirect_handler_option.py
+++ b/kiota_http/middleware/options/redirect_handler_option.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ def __init__(
             raise ValueError(
                 "MaxLimitExceeded. Negative value for max_redirect property is invalid"
             )
-
         self._max_redirect = max_redirect
         self._should_redirect = should_redirect
         self._allow_redirect_on_scheme_change = allow_redirect_on_scheme_change
diff --git a/kiota_http/middleware/redirect_handler.py b/kiota_http/middleware/redirect_handler.py
index 8677770..5aafcbe 100644
--- a/kiota_http/middleware/redirect_handler.py
+++ b/kiota_http/middleware/redirect_handler.py
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ def __init__(self, options: RequestOption = RedirectHandlerOption()) -> None:
         super().__init__()
         self.options = options
         self.redirect_on_status_codes: typing.Set[int] = self.DEFAULT_REDIRECT_STATUS_CODES
-        self.history: typing.List[httpx.Request] = []
 
-    def increment(self, response, max_redirect) -> bool:
+    def increment(self, response, max_redirect, history) -> bool:
         """Increment the redirect attempts for this request.
         Args
             response(httpx.Response): A httpx response object.
@@ -41,8 +40,7 @@ def increment(self, response, max_redirect) -> bool:
             bool: Whether further redirect attempts are remaining.
             False if exhausted; True if more redirect attempts available.
         """
-
-        self.history.append(response.request)
+        history.append(response.request)
         return max_redirect >= 0
 
     def get_redirect_location(self, response: httpx.Response) -> typing.Union[str, bool, None]:
@@ -69,28 +67,35 @@ async def send(
         _enable_span.set_attribute(REDIRECT_ENABLE_KEY, True)
         _enable_span.end()
 
-        retryable = True
-        _redirect_span = self._create_observability_span(
-            request, f"RedirectHandler_send - redirect {len(self.history)}"
-        )
-        while retryable:
+        max_redirect = current_options.max_redirect
+        history: typing.List[httpx.Request] = []
+
+        while max_redirect >= 0:
+            _redirect_span = self._create_observability_span(
+                request, f"RedirectHandler_send - redirect {len(history)}"
+            )
             response = await super().send(request, transport)
             _redirect_span.set_attribute(SpanAttributes.HTTP_STATUS_CODE, response.status_code)
             redirect_location = self.get_redirect_location(response)
+
             if redirect_location and current_options.should_redirect:
-                current_options.max_redirect -= 1
-                retryable = self.increment(response, current_options.max_redirect)
-                _redirect_span.set_attribute(REDIRECT_COUNT_KEY, len(self.history))
+                max_redirect -= 1
+                if not self.increment(response, max_redirect, history[:]):
+                    break
+                _redirect_span.set_attribute(REDIRECT_COUNT_KEY, len(history))
                 new_request = self._build_redirect_request(request, response)
                 request = new_request
                 continue
-            response.history = self.history
+
+            response.history = history
             break
-        if not retryable:
+
+        if max_redirect < 0:
             exc = RedirectError(f"Too many redirects. {response.history}")
             _redirect_span.record_exception(exc)
             _redirect_span.end()
             raise exc
+
         return response
 
     def _get_current_options(self, request: httpx.Request) -> RedirectHandlerOption:
diff --git a/tests/middleware_tests/test_redirect_handler.py b/tests/middleware_tests/test_redirect_handler.py
index b31f103..4006d6c 100644
--- a/tests/middleware_tests/test_redirect_handler.py
+++ b/tests/middleware_tests/test_redirect_handler.py
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ def test_increment_redirects():
     """
     request = httpx.Request('GET', BASE_URL)
     response = httpx.Response(301, request=request)
+    history = []
 
     handler = RedirectHandler()
-    assert handler.increment(response, handler.options.max_redirect)
+    assert handler.increment(response, handler.options.max_redirect, history=history)
 
 
 def test_same_origin(mock_redirect_handler):