diff --git a/lib/redmine/version.rb b/lib/redmine/version.rb
index 297308b8d..446c2b162 100644
--- a/lib/redmine/version.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine/version.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module VERSION
     MINOR = 4
     TINY  = 0
 
-    BRANCH = 'devel'
+    BRANCH = 'stable'
 
     # Retrieves the revision from the working copy
     def self.revision