diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 91ca9eb..2aae6c3 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ every change, see the Git log.
 
 Latest
 ------
+* tbd
+
+2.0.4
+-----
 * Patch: Force CMake targets to use c++ std 14.
 
 2.0.3
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index ceb3a60..28ad8bf 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import os
 import shutil
 
 APPNAME = "protobuf"
-VERSION = "2.0.3"
+VERSION = "2.0.4"
 
 
 def options(opt):