diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f2c854d0fd1..88c5fb891dc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.0-pre
+1.4.0
diff --git a/doc/manual/manual.tex b/doc/manual/manual.tex
index 4819340d61b..af52cae23fc 100644
--- a/doc/manual/manual.tex
+++ b/doc/manual/manual.tex
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 \hfill{\Huge \fontfamily{\sfdefault}\selectfont User Manual \\
 \raggedleft \huge \fontfamily{\sfdefault}\selectfont Version
 % keep the following line as is so that we can replace this using a script:
-1.5.0-pre %VERSION-INFO%
+1.4.0 %VERSION-INFO%
 \\\large(generated \today)\\}
 
 %AUTHOR(S) & WEBSITE%
diff --git a/include/aspect/global.h b/include/aspect/global.h
index 9ce87e41007..2a949510aa2 100644
--- a/include/aspect/global.h
+++ b/include/aspect/global.h
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ void print_aspect_header(Stream &stream)
 
   stream << "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
          << "-- This is ASPECT, the Advanced Solver for Problems in Earth's ConvecTion.\n"
-         << "--     . version 1.5.0-pre\n" //VERSION-INFO. Do not edit by hand.
+         << "--     . version 1.4.0\n" //VERSION-INFO. Do not edit by hand.
 #ifdef DEBUG
          << "--     . running in DEBUG mode\n"
 #else