diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dcb12fd..7cf67b5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>in.ashwanthkumar</groupId>
     <artifactId>gocd-github-pr-material</artifactId>
-    <version>1.3.5</version>
+    <version>1.4.0-RC</version>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>