diff --git a/scarlet/__init__.py b/scarlet/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/scarlet/__init__.py
+++ b/scarlet/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-VERSION = ('1', '2', '3')
+VERSION = ('1', '2', '4')
 __version__ = '.'.join(VERSION)
bumping version string to not confuse people