diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52abcf85..573eabda 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-[Unreleased][unreleased]
+[v1.4][1.4.0]
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 ### Fixed
 - Exclude Python cache files from PyPI releases.
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ rarely used. Users affected by this should upgrade to 3.3+.
 [1.1.0]: https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/compare/1.0.1...1.1.0
 [1.2.0]: https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/compare/1.1.0...1.2.0
 [1.3.0]: https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/compare/1.2.0...1.3.0
+[1.4.0]: https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/compare/1.3.0...1.4.0
 
 
 [109]: https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/pull/109
diff --git a/jwt/__init__.py b/jwt/__init__.py
index 7f8e65a0..2840c040 100644
--- a/jwt/__init__.py
+++ b/jwt/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 __title__ = 'pyjwt'
-__version__ = '1.3.0'
+__version__ = '1.4.0'
 __author__ = 'José Padilla'
 __license__ = 'MIT'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2015 José Padilla'