diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index ef4f75b..4a3cc19 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ copyright = u'2015, Rackspace Hosting et al. (as noted in the source code)'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.3'
+version = '0.4'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.3.0dev'
+release = '0.4.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
index 5d7b082..65b01b2 100644
--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Release v\ |version| (:ref:`Installation <install>`)
 
 .. note::
 
-  This documentation targets the upcoming 0.3.0 release of Falcon.
+  This documentation targets the upcoming |version| release of Falcon.
 
 Falcon is a minimalist WSGI library for building speedy web APIs and app
 backends. We like to think of Falcon as the `Dieter Rams` of web frameworks.