diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 8148dfc..5e76e82 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+1.4
+----
+
+WIP
+
 1.3
 -----
 
diff --git a/notifications/__init__.py b/notifications/__init__.py
index 992869b..2b15430 100644
--- a/notifications/__init__.py
+++ b/notifications/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 """
 
 # PEP 386-compliant version number: N.N[.N]+[{a|b|c|rc}N[.N]+][.postN][.devN]
-__version__ = '1.3'
+__version__ = '1.4.0a'
 
 default_app_config = 'notifications.apps.Config'