diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 573f7b7730..94a61f0517 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ cmake_policy(SET CMP0087 NEW) # support generator expressions in install(CODE) a
 #  For release candidate:     set(VERSION_SUFFIX "-rc")
 #  For release:               set(VERSION_SUFFIX "")
 string(TIMESTAMP TODAY "%Y%m%d")
-set(VERSION_SUFFIX "-rc")
+set(VERSION_SUFFIX "")
 
 project( ClamAV
          VERSION "1.4.0"
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ set(PACKAGE_URL       "https://www.clamav.net/")
 HexVersion(PACKAGE_VERSION_NUM ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR} ${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR} ${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH})
 
 # libtool library versioning rules: http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Updating-version-info.html
-set(LIBCLAMAV_CURRENT  13)
-set(LIBCLAMAV_REVISION 0)
-set(LIBCLAMAV_AGE      1)
+set(LIBCLAMAV_CURRENT  12)
+set(LIBCLAMAV_REVISION 3)
+set(LIBCLAMAV_AGE      0)
 
 math(EXPR LIBCLAMAV_SOVERSION "${LIBCLAMAV_CURRENT} - ${LIBCLAMAV_AGE}")
 set(LIBCLAMAV_VERSION "${LIBCLAMAV_SOVERSION}.${LIBCLAMAV_AGE}.${LIBCLAMAV_REVISION}")
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 1402e31e17..c1b7336d53 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ ClamAV 1.4.0 includes the following improvements and changes:
   service will shut down faster on some systems.
   - [GitHub pull request](https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1164)
 
+- Added a CMake build dependency on the version map files so that the build
+  will re-run if changes are made to the version map files.
+  Work courtesy of Sebastian Andrzej Siewior.
+  - [GitHub pull request](https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1294)
+
+- Added an improvement to the CMake build so that the RUSTFLAGS settings
+  are inherited from the environment.
+  Work courtesy of liushuyu.
+  - [GitHub pull request](https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1301)
+
 ### Bug fixes
 
 - Silenced confusing warning message when scanning some HTML files.
@@ -109,9 +119,26 @@ ClamAV 1.4.0 includes the following improvements and changes:
   the recently compiled library in the build path.
   - [GitHub pull request](https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1258)
 
+- Fixed a build issue on Windows with newer versions of Rust.
+  Also upgraded GitHub Actions imports to fix CI failures.
+  Fixes courtesy of liushuyu.
+  - [GitHub pull request](https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1307)
+
+- Fixed an unaligned pointer dereference issue on select architectures.
+  Fix courtesy of Sebastian Andrzej Siewior.
+  - [GitHub pull request](https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1293)
+
+- Fixed a bug that prevented loading plaintext (non-CVD) signature files
+  when using the `--fail-if-cvd-older-than=DAYS` / `FailIfCvdOlderThan` option.
+  Fix courtesy of Bark.
+  - [GitHub pull request](https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1309)
+
 ### Acknowledgments
 
 Special thanks to the following people for code contributions and bug reports:
+- Bark
+- liushuyu
+- Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
 - RainRat
 
 ## 1.3.1