diff --git a/Android/app/build.gradle.kts b/Android/app/build.gradle.kts
index 6ac0dbb0..8e4d0c1e 100644
--- a/Android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/Android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ android {
         applicationId = "com.archipelago.app"
         minSdk = 26
         targetSdk = 35
-        versionCode = 33
-        versionName = "0.5.13"
+        versionCode = 34
+        versionName = "0.5.14"
 
         vectorDrawables {
             useSupportLibrary = true
diff --git a/Android/rust/archy-fips-core/src/mesh.rs b/Android/rust/archy-fips-core/src/mesh.rs
index 6ff9adc6..ed33db90 100644
--- a/Android/rust/archy-fips-core/src/mesh.rs
+++ b/Android/rust/archy-fips-core/src/mesh.rs
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ pub fn build_config(secret: &str, peers: Vec<PeerConfig>, listen_port: u16) -> C
     cfg.node.discovery.backoff_max_secs = 30;
     cfg.node.discovery.retry_interval_secs = 2;
     cfg.node.discovery.max_attempts = 3;
+    // Lookups launched before the tree position settles are doomed; a 10s
+    // completion timeout made each one cost 10s before the 1s retry could
+    // fire (observed: 19s to a route on a fresh join). Fail fast instead —
+    // the resend-within-window above still gives each attempt two shots.
+    cfg.node.discovery.timeout_secs = 5;
     cfg.peers = peers;
     cfg
 }
diff --git a/neode-ui/public/packages/archipelago-companion.apk b/neode-ui/public/packages/archipelago-companion.apk
index 6c0d555d..8cecc54c 100644
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