diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a237539253..862a05b695 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.2.3"
+  ".": "1.2.4"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 955fe7a405..e1e8a331f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.2.4 (2023-11-13)
+
+Full Changelog: [v1.2.3...v1.2.4](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v1.2.3...v1.2.4)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **client:** retry if SSLWantReadError occurs in the async client ([#804](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/804)) ([be82288](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/be82288f3c88c10c9ac20ba3b8cb53b5c7a4e2f9))
+
 ## 1.2.3 (2023-11-10)
 
 Full Changelog: [v1.2.2...v1.2.3](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v1.2.2...v1.2.3)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e27c6de9ab..dc08634e4a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "openai"
-version = "1.2.3"
+version = "1.2.4"
 description = "The official Python library for the openai API"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/openai/_base_client.py b/src/openai/_base_client.py
index b2fe242634..3db8b6fa35 100644
--- a/src/openai/_base_client.py
+++ b/src/openai/_base_client.py
@@ -1320,12 +1320,6 @@ async def _request(
             if retries > 0:
                 return await self._retry_request(options, cast_to, retries, stream=stream, stream_cls=stream_cls)
             raise APITimeoutError(request=request) from err
-        except httpx.ReadTimeout as err:
-            # We explicitly do not retry on ReadTimeout errors as this means
-            # that the server processing the request has taken 60 seconds
-            # (our default timeout). This likely indicates that something
-            # is not working as expected on the server side.
-            raise
         except httpx.TimeoutException as err:
             if retries > 0:
                 return await self._retry_request(options, cast_to, retries, stream=stream, stream_cls=stream_cls)
diff --git a/src/openai/_version.py b/src/openai/_version.py
index ebf5d47703..f22b1aae3f 100644
--- a/src/openai/_version.py
+++ b/src/openai/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless.
 
 __title__ = "openai"
-__version__ = "1.2.3"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.2.4"  # x-release-please-version