diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9f6016c..60a2d3e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.0_RC3
\ No newline at end of file
+0.4.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pycut.py b/pycut.py
index 00c3ee9..479b7af 100644
--- a/pycut.py
+++ b/pycut.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This Python file uses the following encoding: utf-8
 
-VERSION = "0_4_0_RC3"
+VERSION = "0_4_0"
 
 import sys
 import os