diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index d097592..9dc94bc 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+python-bond 1.4
+---------------
+
+* Performance/documentation tweaks.
+
+
 python-bond 1.3
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e094b3b..6a35063 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
                     + '\n'.join(news.split('\n\n\n', 1)[0].splitlines()[2:]))
 
 # the actual setup
-setup(name='python-bond', version='1.3',
+setup(name='python-bond', version='1.4',
       description='transparent remote/recursive evaluation between Python and other languages',
 
       author="Yuri D'Elia",