diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 33e0c43..238a6fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ send to the core — inheriting rotation, proxy, retry, and result for free.
 ## Install
 
 ```
-aiowebhooks @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aiowebhooks.git@v0.1.2
+aiowebhooks @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aiowebhooks.git@v0.1.3
 # discord embeds / identity helpers need the extra:
-aiowebhooks[discord] @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aiowebhooks.git@v0.1.2
+aiowebhooks[discord] @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aiowebhooks.git@v0.1.3
 ```
 
 The base pulls `aiohttp` and `commons` (for the retry/backoff engine). Only
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7f4b64a..ff1dedf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "aiowebhooks"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 description = "async webhook sender (aiohttp) with round-robin urls, retry, and proxy rotation; optional discord.py embeds"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/src/aiowebhooks/__init__.py b/src/aiowebhooks/__init__.py
index c212c69..623b77e 100644
--- a/src/aiowebhooks/__init__.py
+++ b/src/aiowebhooks/__init__.py
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ from .sender import Webhook
 
 __all__ = ["Webhook", "WebhookResult", "WebhookError", "NoUrlsError"]
 
-__version__ = "0.1.2"
+__version__ = "0.1.3"
diff --git a/src/aiowebhooks/sender.py b/src/aiowebhooks/sender.py
index ee8f81b..fb3ebd6 100644
--- a/src/aiowebhooks/sender.py
+++ b/src/aiowebhooks/sender.py
@@ -201,10 +201,16 @@ class Webhook:
                         error=f"http {status}", response=body, proxy=last_proxy,
                     )
 
-                    wait = self._retry_after(status, resp.headers, body)
-                    if wait is not None:
-                        log.warning("webhook 429 on %s; honoring retry_after %.3fs", url, wait)
-                        await asyncio.sleep(wait)
+                    if status == 429:
+                        # every 429 is retryable; honor an explicit retry_after by
+                        # sleeping it, but a 429 with no parseable wait (edge/Cloudflare/
+                        # generic webhook) still retries under aretry's backoff + cap
+                        wait = self._retry_after(status, resp.headers, body)
+                        if wait is not None:
+                            log.warning("webhook 429 on %s; honoring retry_after %.3fs", url, wait)
+                            await asyncio.sleep(wait)
+                        else:
+                            log.warning("webhook 429 on %s; no retry_after, backing off", url)
                         raise _Retryable(result)
                     if status >= 500:
                         raise _Retryable(result)