diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 5ad7717..6c21b48 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 NEWS
 ====
 
-Version 1.4b0 - dev
--------------------
+Version 1.4 - 2020-03-28
+------------------------
 
 * Requires Python 3.6
 * Removed Python2 support
diff --git a/svgwrite/version.py b/svgwrite/version.py
index d328b0b..baa2636 100644
--- a/svgwrite/version.py
+++ b/svgwrite/version.py
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
 # 1. bug fix release beta0: VERSION = "0.9.1b0"; version = (0, 9, 1, 'b0')
 # 2. bug fix release: VERSION = "0.9.2"; version = (0, 9, 2, 'release')
 
-version = (1, 4, 0, 'b0')
-__version__ = "1.4b0"
+version = (1, 4, 0, 'release')
+__version__ = "1.4"