diff --git a/build/npm/src/index.js b/build/npm/src/index.js
index 3356a5b5c..ff3eb36c3 100644
--- a/build/npm/src/index.js
+++ b/build/npm/src/index.js
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ var downloadFollowingRedirect = function(url, resolve, reject) {
     https.get(url, { headers: { 'accept-encoding': 'gzip,deflate' } }, res => {
         if (res.statusCode >= 300 && res.statusCode < 400) {
             downloadFollowingRedirect(res.headers.location, resolve, reject);
+            res.resume()
         } else if (res.statusCode >= 400) {
             reject(new Error(`Unable to download '${url}' : ${res.statusCode}-'${res.statusMessage}'`));
+            res.resume()
         } else {
             const chunks = [];
             res
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 2feea7af0..57da1bd15 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // CurrentGaugeVersion represents the current version of Gauge
-var CurrentGaugeVersion = &Version{1, 5, 3}
+var CurrentGaugeVersion = &Version{1, 5, 4}
 
 // BuildMetadata represents build information of current release (e.g, nightly build information)
 var BuildMetadata = ""