diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f340ff..5a9804c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@ and swap the HTTP client while inheriting everything else.
 `requirements.txt`:
 
 ```
-aioweb @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb.git@v0.1.4
+aioweb @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb.git@v0.1.5
 ```
 
 Direct:
 
 ```bash
-pip install "aioweb @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb.git@v0.1.4"
+pip install "aioweb @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb.git@v0.1.5"
 ```
 
 Requires `aiohttp` and `yarl` (pulled transitively).
 
-Drop the `@v0.1.4` suffix from the line above to install the latest unpinned.
+Drop the `@v0.1.5` suffix from the line above to install the latest unpinned.
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0105226..d76b2a7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "aioweb"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.5"
 description = "Async HTTP session wrapper over aiohttp — proxies, header overwrites, retries, previews. Config-free, installable."
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/src/aioweb/session.py b/src/aioweb/session.py
index 0f1a185..d9ee9ab 100644
--- a/src/aioweb/session.py
+++ b/src/aioweb/session.py
@@ -316,10 +316,13 @@ class ExtendedSession:
             if debug and result.redirect_chain:
                 log.info("redirect chain: %s", result.redirect_chain)
             return result
-        except (aiohttp.ClientError, asyncio.TimeoutError) as error:
+        except asyncio.TimeoutError as error:
             # a total ClientTimeout raises a bare asyncio.TimeoutError, which is NOT an
-            # aiohttp.ClientError subclass — wrap it into the same typed path so direct
-            # callers get a consistent failure instead of a raw timeout
+            # aiohttp.ClientError subclass — wrap it as ServerTimeoutError (which IS both
+            # a ClientError AND a TimeoutError) so direct callers get a typed failure and
+            # request_with_retries can still label it a timeout
+            raise aiohttp.ServerTimeoutError(f"timeout for {url}: {error}") from error
+        except aiohttp.ClientError as error:
             raise aiohttp.ClientError(f"client error for {url}: {error}") from error
 
     async def request_with_retries(
@@ -364,14 +367,15 @@ class ExtendedSession:
             log.error("all %d attempts failed for %s (last status %s)",
                       attempts, url, exhausted.response.status_code)
             return exhausted.response
+        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+            # request() wraps a total timeout as ServerTimeoutError (a ClientError AND a
+            # TimeoutError); catch the timeout case first so it's labeled a timeout rather
+            # than falling into the generic client-error branch below
+            log.error("all %d attempts timed out for %s", attempts, url)
+            return FailureResponse(reason="timeout", url=url)
         except aiohttp.ClientError as error:
             log.error("all %d attempts failed for %s (client error: %s)", attempts, url, error)
             return FailureResponse(reason=f"client error: {error}", url=url)
-        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
-            # a total ClientTimeout surfaces as a bare asyncio.TimeoutError; label it as
-            # a timeout rather than letting it fall to the generic "unexpected" branch
-            log.error("all %d attempts timed out for %s", attempts, url)
-            return FailureResponse(reason="timeout", url=url)
         except Exception as error:
             log.error("all %d attempts failed for %s (unexpected: %s)", attempts, url, error)
             return FailureResponse(reason=f"unexpected error: {error}", url=url)