diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8f6793d6e..bd6616466 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 MINOR = 4
 MICRO = 0
 PRERELEASE = ""
-IS_RELEASED = False
+IS_RELEASED = True
 
 # If this file is part of a Git export (for example created with "git archive",
 # or downloaded from GitHub), ARCHIVE_COMMIT_HASH gives the full hash of the