diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c30787d..3cd8c14 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.54.4
+
+### Fixed — a Solana video settle whose outcome is unknown is waited out, never "no charge" (#177)
+
+When a finished video's payment settle times out, sol.blockrun.ai answers 402
+`Payment settlement outcome unknown` with `Retry-After` and holds the job;
+other polls get `settlement in progress on a concurrent poll`. The client
+ignored `Retry-After`, spent its three re-signs about 15s into a 90s hold, and
+reported "no charge was made" while that payment could still land.
+
+- Held answers honour `Retry-After` and re-sign with a fresh blockhash without
+  spending the re-sign budget; the call deadline still bounds them.
+- Once a payment's outcome is open, every exit (deadline, a 500 poll answer,
+  an unreadable challenge, a refused fresh settle) books the quote and says
+  the job MAY have been charged, instead of booking nothing.
+- A completion 402 whose challenge cannot be read falls back to
+  payment-signed polling instead of aborting the finished job.
+- Music and image (paid at submit), the Base rail and the account rail are
+  unchanged.
+
 ## 0.54.3
 
 ### Changed — Solana media polls prove the wallet instead of paying (#176)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 772361a..34dc66c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.54.3
+0.54.4
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fcf4922..d267674 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@blockrun/mcp",
-  "version": "0.54.3",
+  "version": "0.54.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@blockrun/mcp",
-      "version": "0.54.3",
+      "version": "0.54.4",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "^0.123.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 113f73b..dbcbc6e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@blockrun/mcp",
-  "version": "0.54.3",
+  "version": "0.54.4",
   "mcpName": "io.github.BlockRunAI/blockrun-mcp",
   "description": "BlockRun MCP Server - Give your AI agent web search, deep research, prediction markets, and crypto data. Pay per call from a USDC wallet (Solana or Base) or a BlockRun API key.",
   "type": "module",