diff --git a/djangorestframework/__init__.py b/djangorestframework/__init__.py
index 46dd608fc..ee050f0db 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/__init__.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = '0.4.0-dev'
+__version__ = '0.4.0'
 
 VERSION = __version__  # synonym