diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cf1178d..4f43e8e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Overridable so a packager can pass the version it is actually building
 # (`make VERSION=$pkgver`). The literal below is the fallback for builds
 # straight from a checkout, and is what a release tag has to carry.
-VERSION      ?= 1.3.0
+VERSION      ?= 1.4.0
 
 PREFIX       ?= /usr
 DESTDIR      ?=