diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a6595d388..39c65778d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iota-client"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.4.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bee-common",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 47f6512a7..7c24d84cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iota-client"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.4.0"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "The official, general-purpose IOTA client library in Rust for interaction with the IOTA network (Tangle)"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28f5e7fb1..481c8a6cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Add `iota-client` as a dependency in `Cargo.toml`:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-iota-client = "1.3.0"
+iota-client = "1.4.0"
 ```
 
 Or, for the latest changes: