diff --git a/xdist/__init__.py b/xdist/__init__.py
index e7a4b5a..3ff7323 100644
--- a/xdist/__init__.py
+++ b/xdist/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #
-__version__ = "1.3"
+__version__ = "1.4a1"