diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 4e3ebfe890e..eb084fba5c8 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 Release History
 ---------------
 
+2.1.4 (2023-11-7)
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+This release updates mesa-viz-tornado dependency v0.1.3. This removes the
+external JavaScript templates and `prevents 404 errors https://github.com/projectmesa/mesa-viz-tornado/issues/40`_
+
+* bugfix: ensure mesa_viz_tornado>=0.1.3 #1862
+
 2.1.3 (2023-11-5)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
diff --git a/mesa/__init__.py b/mesa/__init__.py
index f5d553b1687..303233f2cc3 100644
--- a/mesa/__init__.py
+++ b/mesa/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 ]
 
 __title__ = "mesa"
-__version__ = "2.1.3"
+__version__ = "2.1.4"
 __license__ = "Apache 2.0"
 _this_year = datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.timezone.utc).date().year
 __copyright__ = f"Copyright {_this_year} Project Mesa Team"