diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt b/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
index fdd568fd6..d4bc1a101 100644
--- a/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
+++ b/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 Django>=1.9,<1.10
-wagtail==1.4rc1
+wagtail>=1.4,<1.5
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailcore/__init__.py b/wagtail/wagtailcore/__init__.py
index 8e33ef432..ed6ee7458 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailcore/__init__.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailcore/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-__version__ = '1.4rc1'
+__version__ = '1.4'
 # Required for npm package for frontend
-__semver__ = '1.4.0-rc.1'
+__semver__ = '1.4.0'
 default_app_config = 'wagtail.wagtailcore.apps.WagtailCoreAppConfig'