diff --git a/bin/bunyan b/bin/bunyan
index ed0f8dd..8b07b42 100755
--- a/bin/bunyan
+++ b/bin/bunyan
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * vim: expandtab:ts=4:sw=4
  */
 
-var VERSION = '1.3.7';
+var VERSION = '1.4.0';
 
 var p = console.log;
 var util = require('util');
diff --git a/lib/bunyan.js b/lib/bunyan.js
index b69e920..bac328c 100644
--- a/lib/bunyan.js
+++ b/lib/bunyan.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * vim: expandtab:ts=4:sw=4
  */
 
-var VERSION = '1.3.7';
+var VERSION = '1.4.0';
 
 // Bunyan log format version. This becomes the 'v' field on all log records.
 // `0` is until I release a version '1.0.0' of node-bunyan. Thereafter,