diff --git a/langchain/agents/structured_chat/base.py b/langchain/agents/structured_chat/base.py
index e96aac54..bd6ec0f0 100644
--- a/langchain/agents/structured_chat/base.py
+++ b/langchain/agents/structured_chat/base.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from pydantic import Field
 
 from langchain.agents.agent import Agent, AgentOutputParser
 from langchain.agents.structured_chat.output_parser import (
-    StructuredChatOutputParser,
     StructuredChatOutputParserWithRetries,
 )
 from langchain.agents.structured_chat.prompt import FORMAT_INSTRUCTIONS, PREFIX, SUFFIX
@@ -23,7 +22,9 @@ from langchain.tools import BaseTool
 
 
 class StructuredChatAgent(Agent):
-    output_parser: AgentOutputParser = Field(default_factory=StructuredChatOutputParser)
+    output_parser: AgentOutputParser = Field(
+        default_factory=StructuredChatOutputParserWithRetries
+    )
 
     @property
     def observation_prefix(self) -> str:
diff --git a/langchain/agents/structured_chat/output_parser.py b/langchain/agents/structured_chat/output_parser.py
index 9d10e833..4f9240ad 100644
--- a/langchain/agents/structured_chat/output_parser.py
+++ b/langchain/agents/structured_chat/output_parser.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from langchain.agents.agent import AgentOutputParser
 from langchain.agents.structured_chat.prompt import FORMAT_INSTRUCTIONS
 from langchain.base_language import BaseLanguageModel
 from langchain.output_parsers import OutputFixingParser
-from langchain.output_parsers.pydantic import PydanticOutputParser
 from langchain.schema import AgentAction, AgentFinish, OutputParserException
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -43,9 +42,7 @@ class StructuredChatOutputParser(AgentOutputParser):
 
 
 class StructuredChatOutputParserWithRetries(AgentOutputParser):
-    base_parser: PydanticOutputParser = Field(
-        default_factory=StructuredChatOutputParser
-    )
+    base_parser: AgentOutputParser = Field(default_factory=StructuredChatOutputParser)
     output_fixing_parser: Optional[OutputFixingParser] = None
 
     def get_format_instructions(self) -> str: