diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d8660489..34ef53f8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0MQ version 4.1.4 stable, released on 2015/xx/xx
+================================================
+
+
 0MQ version 4.1.3 stable, released on 2015/08/17
 ================================================
 
diff --git a/include/zmq.h b/include/zmq.h
index e6e9be7b..c58885b4 100644
--- a/include/zmq.h
+++ b/include/zmq.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 /*  Version macros for compile-time API version detection                     */
 #define ZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR 4
 #define ZMQ_VERSION_MINOR 1
-#define ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH 3
+#define ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH 4
 
 #define ZMQ_MAKE_VERSION(major, minor, patch) \
     ((major) * 10000 + (minor) * 100 + (patch))