diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f0af154..0363ed6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-* What's New with Ski 1.4.0 (not released yet)
+* What's New with Ski 1.4.0 - 2022-08-19
 
 It's a new fork based on lates 1.3.2 version available. It's new home
 is https://github.com/trofi/ski. There are many changes since 1.1.0.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2a9a409..ab188cd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.70)
 
-AC_INIT([ski],[1.4.0-pre],[slyich@gmail.com], [ski], [https://github.com/trofi/ski])
+AC_INIT([ski],[1.4.0],[slyich@gmail.com], [ski], [https://github.com/trofi/ski])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects dist-xz dist-lzip no-dist-gzip])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])