diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f0bb29e..88c5fb8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.3.0
+1.4.0
diff --git a/thredds_crawler/__init__.py b/thredds_crawler/__init__.py
index 19b4f1d..96e3ce8 100644
--- a/thredds_crawler/__init__.py
+++ b/thredds_crawler/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.3.0'
+__version__ = '1.4.0'