Release 1.4.0
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 0301501..d2b9dcf 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # RELEASE NOTES
 
-30 November 2017 - Apache Newt v1.3.0
+04 June 2018 - Apache Newt v1.4.0
 
 For full release notes, please visit the
 [Apache Mynewt Wiki](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MYNEWT/Release+Notes).
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 
   * More robust package management and versioning
 
-  * Plenty of helper commands for seeing what's installed, what's changed,
-    and why things failed.
-
 If working on next-generation build and source package management systems
 sounds exciting to you, get in touch, by sending a mail to the Apache Mynewt
 Developer's list, dev@mynewt.apache.org.
diff --git a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
index a976b7e..47aa431 100644
--- a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
+++ b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 	"mynewt.apache.org/newt/yaml"
 )
 
-var NewtVersion Version = Version{1, 3, 9999}
-var NewtVersionStr string = "Apache Newt version: 1.4.0-dev"
-var NewtBlinkyTag string = "master"
+var NewtVersion Version = Version{1, 4, 0}
+var NewtVersionStr string = "Apache Newt version: 1.4.0"
+var NewtBlinkyTag string = "mynewt_1_4_0_tag"
 var NewtNumJobs int
 var NewtForce bool
 var NewtAsk bool