diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 217f714..841527b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 * Update publish to Gem API Key ([3f9c8e5](https://github.com/ShipEngine/shipengine-ruby/commit/3f9c8e5eec8147e2fb1b38a114fa0e2ff24a5f9e))
+
+## [1.0.4]
+
+### Changes
+
+* increase default timeout from 30s to 60s
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diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b3019c8..b7ec6e4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    shipengine_sdk (1.0.3)
+    shipengine_sdk (1.0.4)
       faraday (>= 1.4)
       faraday_middleware (>= 1.0)
       hashie (>= 3.4)
diff --git a/lib/shipengine/configuration.rb b/lib/shipengine/configuration.rb
index 7beec20..aaab125 100644
--- a/lib/shipengine/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/shipengine/configuration.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def initialize(api_key:, retries: nil, timeout: nil, page_size: nil, base_url: n
       @api_key = api_key
       @base_url = base_url || Constants.base_url
       @retries = retries || 1
-      @timeout = timeout || 30_000
+      @timeout = timeout || 60_000
       @page_size = page_size || 50
       validate
     end
diff --git a/lib/shipengine/version.rb b/lib/shipengine/version.rb
index 900c628..31a609e 100644
--- a/lib/shipengine/version.rb
+++ b/lib/shipengine/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module ShipEngine
-  VERSION = '1.0.3'
+  VERSION = '1.0.4'
 end
diff --git a/test/internal_client/configuration_test.rb b/test/internal_client/configuration_test.rb
index c4739c2..20515f9 100644
--- a/test/internal_client/configuration_test.rb
+++ b/test/internal_client/configuration_test.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       client = ShipEngine::Client.new('foo')
 
       # the global configuration should not be mutated
-      assert_equal 30_000, client.configuration.timeout
+      assert_equal 60_000, client.configuration.timeout
       assert_equal 50, client.configuration.page_size
     end
     it 'the global config should not be mutated if overridden at method call time' do