diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 32a7cedc9..c44b86b2d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+Release 1.4 alpha2 (in development)
+===================================
+
+Incompatible changes
+--------------------
+
+Features added
+--------------
+
+Bugs fixed
+----------
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
 Release 1.4 alpha1 (released Feb 14, 2016)
 ==========================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 259e46be6..0e5d19d4d 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import sys
 from os import path
 
-__version__  = '1.4a1'
+__version__  = '1.4a1+'
 __released__ = '1.4a1'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 # version info for better programmatic use