diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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-xcube is a Python toolkit for managing EO/climate data cubes. 
+xcube is a Python toolkit for managing geospatial data cubes.
 
 It is based on popular data science packages such as 
 [xarray](http://xarray.pydata.org/), [Zarr](https://zarr.readthedocs.io/), and [Dask](https://dask.org/).
diff --git a/xcube/version.py b/xcube/version.py
index 188648e34..deb68a763 100644
--- a/xcube/version.py
+++ b/xcube/version.py
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-version = '1.4.2-dev.0'
+version = "1.4.2.dev0"