diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2f48471..d15078e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <!-- do not use snapshot suffix here -->
     <commons.release.version>1.4</commons.release.version>
     <commons.bc.version>1.3</commons.bc.version>
-    <commons.rc.version>RC2</commons.rc.version>
+    <commons.rc.version>RC3</commons.rc.version>
     <commons.release.desc>(requires Java 8+)</commons.release.desc>
     <commons.binary.suffix>-bin</commons.binary.suffix>
 
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 8ccec70..901f51a 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
 
-    <release version="1.4" date="2021-09-06" description="
+    <release version="1.4" date="2021-09-13" description="
 This is a minor release of Apache Commons RNG, containing a
 few new features and performance improvements.
 Apache Commons RNG 1.4 contains the following library modules:
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml b/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml
index db826d7..c4d4ac6 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       <table>
         <tr><th>Version</th><th>Release date (YYYY-MM-DD)</th><th>Required Java Version</th><th>Release notes</th></tr>
         <tr>
-          <td>1.4</td><td>2021-09-06</td><td>8+</td><td><a href="release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.4.txt">release notes for 1.4</a></td>
+          <td>1.4</td><td>2021-09-13</td><td>8+</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>2019-11-08</td><td>6+</td><td><a href="release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.3.txt">release notes for 1.3</a></td>