diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a47d6b70..590eb8d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.rarchives.ripme</groupId>
   <artifactId>ripme</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.3.9</version>
+  <version>1.4.0</version>
   <name>ripme</name>
   <url>http://rip.rarchives.com</url>
   <properties>
diff --git a/ripme.json b/ripme.json
index a97cf8b9..d8cd5950 100644
--- a/ripme.json
+++ b/ripme.json
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "latestVersion" : "1.3.9",
+  "latestVersion" : "1.4.0",
   "changeList" : [
-    "1.3.9: (Version bump to confirm updates now work correctly.)",
-    "1.3.8: Attempt to fix updates by switching to raw.githubusercontent.com instead of rawgit.com.",
-    "1.3.7: (Version bump to confirm updates now work correctly.)",
-    "1.3.6: Attempt to fix updates by switching update source to the raw file in master on GitHub.",
-    "1.3.5: (Version bump to confirm updates now work correctly.)",
-    "1.3.4: (Version bump to update cdn.)",
-    "1.3.3: (Version bump to update cdn.)",
-    "1.3.2: Attempt to fix update mechanism.",
-    "1.3.1: Attempt to fix update mechanism. Improved Imgur, etc.",
+    "1.4.0: Fixed update mechanism. Improved Imgur, etc.",
     "1.3.0: Fix Instagram, Tumblr, xHamster, 4chan, 8muses. Some new features.",
     "1.2.13: Hotfix for imgur album rips",
     "1.2.12: 500px gallery/subgallery support",
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
index 51059b23..8af1c402 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import com.rarchives.ripme.utils.Utils;
 public class UpdateUtils {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(UpdateUtils.class);
-    private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "1.3.9";
+    private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "1.4.0";
     private static final String updateJsonURL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/4pr0n/ripme/master/ripme.json";
     private static final String mainFileName = "ripme.jar";
     private static final String updateFileName = "ripme.jar.update";