diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c1fa261a..fd59e957 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+v1.4.0
+======
+
+Breaking Changes
+----------------
+* Using common strings in string interpolation is now the default (#311 by @MiWeiss).
+  See the PR for more details, and how to fall back to old behavior.
+
+New Features / Improvements
+---------------------------
+* Add option to adjust alignment of text of multi-line values. (#290 by @michaelfruth)
+* Raise warning if parser is used multiple times (#312 by @mrn97),
+  which leads to a merged library. Set `parser.expect_multiple_parse = True` to disable the warning.
+* Allow preservation of existing order of entry fields in writer (#317 by @michaelfruth)
+
 v1.3.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 16e831a3..220597f9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Upgrading
 ---------
 
 Please, read the changelog before upgrading regarding API modifications.
-Prior version 1.0, we do not hesitate to modify the API to get the best API from your feedbacks.
 
 License
 -------
@@ -40,4 +39,6 @@ The original source code was part of bibserver from `OKFN <http://github.com/okf
 
 The parser evolved to a new core based on pyparsing.
 
-News (July 7h, 2022): This library has a new maintainer (`@MiWeiss <https://github.com/MiWeiss>`_). No large changes are planned for the immediate future; the immediate goal is to reduce the backlog of open issues and PRs. 
+News (July 7h, 2022): This library has a new maintainer (`@MiWeiss <https://github.com/MiWeiss>`_).
+Versions 1.x will be mostly bugfixes and maintenance.
+In the meantime, we are working on a new version 2.0.0 which will be a complete rewrite of the library.
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index bd6b2c33..9cb1ab60 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ How to release
 
 * Update CHANGELOG
 * Update version in __init__.py
-* Commit and open PR on Github to see that all tests pass
+* Commit and open PR on Github to see that all tests pass,
+  and then merge the PR.
 * Check out master locally
 * Build wheel
     python setup.py sdist upload
@@ -13,6 +14,6 @@ How to release
     twine upload --repository testpypi dist/*
 * Upload to pypi
     twine check dist/*
-* Create release on Github and Merge PR
+* Create release on Github
 * Verify docs are automatically updated
 
diff --git a/bibtexparser/__init__.py b/bibtexparser/__init__.py
index 325e709a..0518ff0f 100644
--- a/bibtexparser/__init__.py
+++ b/bibtexparser/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     'loads', 'load', 'dumps', 'dump', 'bibdatabase',
     'bparser', 'bwriter', 'bibtexexpression', 'latexenc', 'customization',
 ]
-__version__ = '1.3.0'
+__version__ = '1.4.0'
 
 from . import bibdatabase, bibtexexpression, bparser, bwriter, latexenc, customization
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 86152bc3..b0b465ed 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def load_readme():
     url="https://github.com/sciunto-org/python-bibtexparser",
     author="Francois Boulogne and other contributors",
     license="LGPLv3 or BSD",
-    author_email="devel@sciunto.org",
+    author_email="code@mweiss.ch",
     description="Bibtex parser for python 3",
     long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
     long_description=load_readme(),