diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 88ca3ec..904b037 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.7.3"
+  ".": "0.7.4"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d406a1..81a1979 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.7.4 (2026-02-27)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.7.3...v0.7.4](https://github.com/Hexlet/docker-ruby/compare/v0.7.3...v0.7.4)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* properly mock time in ruby ci tests ([f291b96](https://github.com/Hexlet/docker-ruby/commit/f291b9605760add258fc3e596a664800663d9e7f))
+
 ## 0.7.3 (2026-02-24)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.7.2...v0.7.3](https://github.com/Hexlet/docker-ruby/compare/v0.7.2...v0.7.3)
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 1f0ad75..dea228e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ GIT
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    docker-engine-ruby (0.7.3)
+    docker-engine-ruby (0.7.4)
       cgi
       connection_pool
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08fefc6..a44ba98 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ To use this gem, install via Bundler by adding the following to your application
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
 ```ruby
-gem "docker-engine-ruby", "~> 0.7.3"
+gem "docker-engine-ruby", "~> 0.7.4"
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
diff --git a/lib/docker_engine_ruby/version.rb b/lib/docker_engine_ruby/version.rb
index 8a8dcb1..aa2b44b 100644
--- a/lib/docker_engine_ruby/version.rb
+++ b/lib/docker_engine_ruby/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module DockerEngineRuby
-  VERSION = "0.7.3"
+  VERSION = "0.7.4"
 end
diff --git a/test/docker_engine_ruby/client_test.rb b/test/docker_engine_ruby/client_test.rb
index fbab27c..6d61342 100644
--- a/test/docker_engine_ruby/client_test.rb
+++ b/test/docker_engine_ruby/client_test.rb
@@ -161,19 +161,21 @@ def test_client_retry_after_seconds
   end
 
   def test_client_retry_after_date
+    time_now = Time.now
+
     stub_request(:get, "http://localhost/containers/json").to_return_json(
       status: 500,
-      headers: {"retry-after" => (Time.now + 10).httpdate},
+      headers: {"retry-after" => (time_now + 10).httpdate},
       body: {}
     )
 
     docker = DockerEngineRuby::Client.new(base_url: "http://localhost", max_retries: 1)
 
+    Thread.current.thread_variable_set(:time_now, time_now)
     assert_raises(DockerEngineRuby::Errors::InternalServerError) do
-      Thread.current.thread_variable_set(:time_now, Time.now)
       docker.containers.list
-      Thread.current.thread_variable_set(:time_now, nil)
     end
+    Thread.current.thread_variable_set(:time_now, nil)
 
     assert_requested(:any, /./, times: 2)
     assert_in_delta(10, Thread.current.thread_variable_get(:mock_sleep).last, 1.0)