diff --git a/doc/source/changelog.rst b/doc/source/changelog.rst
index 1f51589..0dc83d2 100644
--- a/doc/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/source/changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ========= ========== ========================================================
 Version   Date       Changes
 ========= ========== ========================================================
+1.4       2014-10-25 * Add rudimentary debug logging
                      * Prevent interpolate() from overwriting merged values
 1.3       2014-03-01 * Salt: pillar data from previous pillars are now
                        available to reclass parameter interpolation
diff --git a/reclass/version.py b/reclass/version.py
index ec805f9..f9a3e43 100644
--- a/reclass/version.py
+++ b/reclass/version.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 RECLASS_NAME = 'reclass'
 DESCRIPTION = 'merge data by recursive descent down an ancestry hierarchy'
-VERSION = '1.3'
+VERSION = '1.4'
 AUTHOR = 'martin f. krafft'
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = 'reclass@pobox.madduck.net'
 COPYRIGHT = 'Copyright © 2007–14 ' + AUTHOR