diff --git a/vault/VERSION b/vault/VERSION
index c5fd5316..5ff92dd7 100644
--- a/vault/VERSION
+++ b/vault/VERSION
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 # tags with and without build number so operators use the versioned
 # tag but we always keep a timestamped tag in case a semantic tag gets
 # replaced accidentally
-VER=1.0.3
+VER=1.0.4
 TAGS="${VER} ${VER}-$(date --utc +"%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")"
 unset VER