diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0a5a2495d..3596d0ddc 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: datawizard
 Title: Easy Data Wrangling and Statistical Transformations
-Version: 1.3.1.4
+Version: 1.4.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Indrajeet", "Patil", , "patilindrajeet.science@gmail.com", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-1995-6531")),
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Authors@R: c(
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-9560-6336")),
     person("Rémi", "Thériault", , "remi.theriault@mail.mcgill.ca", role = "ctb",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-4315-6788")),
+    person("Elin", "Waring", , "elin.waring@gmail.com", role = "ctb"),
     person("Thomas J.", "Faulkenberry", , "faulkenberry@tarleton.edu", role = "rev"),
     person("Robert", "Garrett", , "rcg4@illinois.edu", role = "rev")
   )
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index eff5e721e..949cacb69 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# datawizard (devel)
+# datawizard 1.4.0
 
 CHANGES
 
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index c428eaff2..12229db96 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-This fixes R-devel errors reported on 2026-04-23.
+This fixes R-devel errors reported on 2026-09-03.