diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 01ddbcd..476bb35 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ and swap the HTTP client while inheriting everything else.
 `requirements.txt`:
 
 ```
-aioweb @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb.git@v0.1.2
+aioweb @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb.git@v0.1.3
 ```
 
 Direct:
 
 ```bash
-pip install "aioweb @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb.git@v0.1.2"
+pip install "aioweb @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aioweb.git@v0.1.3"
 ```
 
 Requires `aiohttp` and `yarl` (pulled transitively).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fbdaae1..b29df7e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "aioweb"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 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 91ea3b8..70c0f8c 100644
--- a/src/aioweb/session.py
+++ b/src/aioweb/session.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ sessions must be closed explicitly (async with, or await s.close()); there is no
 __del__ auto-close (that pattern is unsafe for async resources).
 """
 
+import asyncio
 import logging
 import warnings
 
@@ -312,7 +313,10 @@ class ExtendedSession:
             if debug and result.redirect_chain:
                 log.info("redirect chain: %s", result.redirect_chain)
             return result
-        except aiohttp.ClientError as error:
+        except (aiohttp.ClientError, 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
             raise aiohttp.ClientError(f"client error for {url}: {error}") from error
 
     async def request_with_retries(