diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index caa34ff35..1f3190973 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  English README file for OpenSlides
 ====================================
 
-This is OpenSlides, version 1.4b1-dev (unreleased).
+This is OpenSlides, version 1.4b1 (2013-05-16).
 
 
 What is OpenSlides?
diff --git a/openslides/__init__.py b/openslides/__init__.py
index 5337ddd89..0a108f294 100644
--- a/openslides/__init__.py
+++ b/openslides/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 """
 
 VERSION = (1, 4, 0, 'beta', 1)  # During development it is the next release
-RELEASE = False
+RELEASE = True
 
 
 def get_version(version=None, release=None):