diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0db4c77..122a59d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.0.3"
+  ".": "1.0.4"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a518f0..da1c74c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 Format loosely follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/).
 
+## [1.0.4](https://github.com/xyzzylabs/setup-zig/compare/v1.0.3...v1.0.4) (2026-09-09)
+
+
+### Fixed
+
+* retry version-index fetches and treat timeouts as transient ([#20](https://github.com/xyzzylabs/setup-zig/issues/20)) ([7d1bd82](https://github.com/xyzzylabs/setup-zig/commit/7d1bd828becaf8e5fcf08e5b759ba4269be8839d))
+
 ## [1.0.3](https://github.com/xyzzylabs/setup-zig/compare/v1.0.2...v1.0.3) (2026-08-21)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index db6dd2e..59060c5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "setup-zig",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "setup-zig",
-      "version": "1.0.3",
+      "version": "1.0.4",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/cache": "^6.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8e17b2c..a946d7e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "setup-zig",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "private": true,
   "description": "GitHub Action that installs the Zig compiler and caches the global Zig cache directory.",
   "type": "module",