diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e11c872..28f244e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG MERCURY_VER="1.0.3"
+ARG MERCURY_VER="1.0.4"
 
 FROM google/cloud-sdk:480.0.0-slim
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d3195c..e6b1da6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ Default databases by organism:
 We highly recommend using the following Docker image to run Mercury:
 
 ```bash
-docker pull us-docker.pkg.dev/general-theiagen/theiagen/mercury:1.0.3
+docker pull us-docker.pkg.dev/general-theiagen/theiagen/mercury:1.0.4
 ```
 
 The entrypoint for this Docker image is the Mercury help message. To run this container interactively, use the following command:
 
 ```bash
-docker run -it --entrypoint=/bin/bash us-docker.pkg.dev/general-theiagen/theiagen/mercury:1.0.3
+docker run -it --entrypoint=/bin/bash us-docker.pkg.dev/general-theiagen/theiagen/mercury:1.0.4
 # Once inside the container interactively, you can run the tbp-parser tool
 python3 /mercury/mercury/mercury.py -v
-# v1.0.3
+# v1.0.4
 ```
 
 ### Locally with Python
diff --git a/mercury/__init__.py b/mercury/__init__.py
index 5c2c4e5..e722588 100644
--- a/mercury/__init__.py
+++ b/mercury/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__VERSION__ = "v1.0.3"
\ No newline at end of file
+__VERSION__ = "v1.0.4"
\ No newline at end of file