diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: readr
 Title: Read Rectangular Text Data
-Version: 1.3.1.9000
+Version: 1.4.0
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Hadley",
              family = "Wickham",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# readr (development version)
+# readr 1.4.0
 
 ## Breaking changes