diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index 62d3e1f..436f0ce 100755
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
                          Apache Commons Release Plugin
-                                  Version 1.3
+                                  Version 1.4
                                  Release Notes
 
 INTRODUCTION
 ============
-This document contains the release notes for the 1.3 version of Apache commons-release-plgin.
+This document contains the release notes for the 1.4 version of Apache commons-release-plgin.
 The commons-release-plugin is meant to be a mechanism for automating The Apache Commons Project's
 release process.
 
@@ -15,6 +15,22 @@
 
 Changes in this version include:
 
+Fixed Bugs
+==========
+o Check the result of checking out files from the SCM.
+
+CHANGES
+=======
+o Better error message when files cannot be checked in to the SCM.
+o COMMONSSITE-120: [release-plugin] Use SHA-256 and SHA-512, not MD5, not SHA-1.
+o Update Apache Commons Compress from 1.17 to 1.18.
+
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                         Apache Commons Release Plugin
+                                  Version 1.3
+                                 Release Notes
 
 NEW FEATURES
 ============
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7267084..6fff149 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>commons-release-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
-  <version>1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.4</version>
   <name>Apache Commons Release Plugin</name>
 
   <description>
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@
 
     <!-- Including commons release plugin older version -->
     <commons.release.isDistModule>true</commons.release.isDistModule>
-    <commons.bc.version>1.2</commons.bc.version>
-    <commons.release.version>1.3</commons.release.version>
+    <commons.bc.version>1.3</commons.bc.version>
+    <commons.release.version>1.4</commons.release.version>
     <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
     <commons.release.isDistModule>true</commons.release.isDistModule>
     <commons.releaseManagerName>Rob Tompkins</commons.releaseManagerName>
diff --git a/src/site/resources/release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.4.txt b/src/site/resources/release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.4.txt
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..436f0ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/site/resources/release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+                         Apache Commons Release Plugin
+                                  Version 1.4
+                                 Release Notes
+
+INTRODUCTION
+============
+This document contains the release notes for the 1.4 version of Apache commons-release-plgin.
+The commons-release-plugin is meant to be a mechanism for automating The Apache Commons Project's
+release process.
+
+The Apache Commons Release Plugin is a collection of Java based Maven mojos for Apache Commons
+Release process. These mojos are intended to be used as a collection of steps to be strung
+together for the purpose of removing the manual steps required to produce an Apache Commons Release.
+
+
+Changes in this version include:
+
+Fixed Bugs
+==========
+o Check the result of checking out files from the SCM.
+
+CHANGES
+=======
+o Better error message when files cannot be checked in to the SCM.
+o COMMONSSITE-120: [release-plugin] Use SHA-256 and SHA-512, not MD5, not SHA-1.
+o Update Apache Commons Compress from 1.17 to 1.18.
+
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                         Apache Commons Release Plugin
+                                  Version 1.3
+                                 Release Notes
+
+NEW FEATURES
+============
+o COMMONSSITE-112:  Add a vote.txt file.
+o COMMONSSITE-108:  Adding README.html and HEADER.html to staged release
+
+
+CHANGES
+=======
+o COMMONSSITE-117: Remove md5 signatures from release artifacts.
+o COMMONSSITE-113: Put unpacked site in scm dev dist directory for navigating purposes.
+o Update platform requirement from Java 7 to Java 8.
+
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                         Apache Commons Release Plugin
+                                  Version 1.2
+                                 Release Notes
+
+FIXED BUGS
+==========
+
+o COMMONSSITE-107: Adding ./target/commons-release-plugin/scm/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+                   to svn as opposed to ./RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                         Apache Commons Release Plugin
+                                  Version 1.1
+                                 Release Notes
+
+NEW FEATURES
+============
+
+o COMMONSSITE-98:  Making the project more multi-module compatible
+
+FIXED BUGS
+==========
+
+o COMMONSSITE-104: Sha1 signature files now reflect actual signatures.
+o COMMONSSITE-102: Commons Release Plugin doesn't work with Commons Release Plugin
+o COMMONSSITE-101: Make -Dcommons.release.dryRun=true our commit toggle
+
+
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                         Apache Commons Release Plugin
+                                  Version 1.0
+                                 Release Notes
+
+NEW FEATURES
+============
+
+o COMMONSSITE-96:   Create commons-release-component project skeleton.
+o COMMONSSITE-99:   Prepare Standard Build integrations, travis, jacoco, checkstyle, etc.
+o COMMONSSITE-97:   Documentation for commons-release-plugin.
+
+
+Historical list of changes: http://commons.apache.org/release-plugin/changes-report.html
+
+For complete information on the Apache commons-release-plugin, including instructions on how
+to submit bug reports, patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache commons-release-plugin's
+website:
+
+http://commons.apache.org/release-plugin/
+
+Have fun!
+-Apache Commons Release Plugin team
+
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/download_commons-release-plugin.xml b/src/site/xdoc/download_commons-release-plugin.xml
index 2466b94..c2c1f0e 100755
--- a/src/site/xdoc/download_commons-release-plugin.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/download_commons-release-plugin.xml
@@ -111,32 +111,32 @@
       </p>
     </subsection>
     </section>
-    <section name="Apache Commons Release Plugin 1.3 ">
+    <section name="Apache Commons Release Plugin 1.4 ">
       <subsection name="Binaries">
         <table>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/commons-release-plugin/binaries/commons-release-plugin-1.3-bin.tar.gz">commons-release-plugin-1.3-bin.tar.gz</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/binaries/commons-release-plugin-1.3-bin.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/binaries/commons-release-plugin-1.3-bin.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/commons-release-plugin/binaries/commons-release-plugin-1.4-bin.tar.gz">commons-release-plugin-1.4-bin.tar.gz</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/binaries/commons-release-plugin-1.4-bin.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/binaries/commons-release-plugin-1.4-bin.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/commons-release-plugin/binaries/commons-release-plugin-1.3-bin.zip">commons-release-plugin-1.3-bin.zip</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/binaries/commons-release-plugin-1.3-bin.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/binaries/commons-release-plugin-1.3-bin.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/commons-release-plugin/binaries/commons-release-plugin-1.4-bin.zip">commons-release-plugin-1.4-bin.zip</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/binaries/commons-release-plugin-1.4-bin.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/binaries/commons-release-plugin-1.4-bin.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>
       <subsection name="Source">
         <table>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/commons-release-plugin/source/commons-release-plugin-1.3-src.tar.gz">commons-release-plugin-1.3-src.tar.gz</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/source/commons-release-plugin-1.3-src.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/source/commons-release-plugin-1.3-src.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/commons-release-plugin/source/commons-release-plugin-1.4-src.tar.gz">commons-release-plugin-1.4-src.tar.gz</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/source/commons-release-plugin-1.4-src.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/source/commons-release-plugin-1.4-src.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/commons-release-plugin/source/commons-release-plugin-1.3-src.zip">commons-release-plugin-1.3-src.zip</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/source/commons-release-plugin-1.3-src.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/source/commons-release-plugin-1.3-src.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/commons-release-plugin/source/commons-release-plugin-1.4-src.zip">commons-release-plugin-1.4-src.zip</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/source/commons-release-plugin-1.4-src.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/commons-release-plugin/source/commons-release-plugin-1.4-src.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml b/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml
index fcba13a..7cd5416 100755
--- a/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
             <table>
                 <tr><th>Version</th><th>Release date</th><th>Required Java Version</th><th>Javadoc</th><th>Release notes</th></tr>
                 <tr>
+                    <td>1.4</td><td>8-24-2018</td><td>8.0</td><td><a href="javadocs/api-1.4/index.html">api-1.4</a></td><td><a href="release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.4.txt">release notes for 1.4</a></td>
+                </tr>
+                <tr>
                     <td>1.3</td><td>6-15-2018</td><td>8.0</td><td><a href="javadocs/api-1.3/index.html">api-1.3</a></td><td><a href="release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.3.txt">release notes for 1.3</a></td>
                 </tr>
                 <tr>