diff --git a/validate/ChangeLog b/validate/ChangeLog
index eec0353b75..63b54e821b 100644
--- a/validate/ChangeLog
+++ b/validate/ChangeLog
@@ -1,9 +1,137 @@
-=== release 1.3.90 ===
+=== release 1.4.0 ===
 
-2014-09-29  Thibault Saunier <tsaunier@gnome.org>
+2014-10-20  Thibault Saunier <tsaunier@gnome.org>
 
 	* configure.ac:
-	  releasing 1.3.90
+	  releasing 1.4.0
+
+2014-10-20 12:04:25 +0200  Thibault Saunier <thibault.saunier@collabora.com>
+
+	* validate/ChangeLog:
+	* validate/NEWS:
+	* validate/configure.ac:
+	  Release 1.4.0
+
+2014-10-13 16:28:54 +0200  Thibault Saunier <tsaunier@gnome.org>
+
+	* validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c:
+	  validate: Print position if it could properly be queried
+	  Otherwize we will print meaningless garbage.
+
+2014-10-13 10:32:07 +0200  Thibault Saunier <tsaunier@gnome.org>
+
+	* validate/docs/launcher/conf.py:
+	* validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py:
+	  validate:launcher: Minor enhancement in the documentation
+
+2014-10-12 20:19:42 +0200  Thibault Saunier <tsaunier@gnome.org>
+
+	* validate/data/adaptive_video_framerate.scenario:
+	* validate/data/adaptive_video_framerate_size.scenario:
+	* validate/data/adaptive_video_size.scenario:
+	* validate/data/alternate_fast_backward_forward.scenario:
+	* validate/data/camerabin_signal.scenario:
+	* validate/data/disable_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario:
+	* validate/data/fast_backward.scenario:
+	* validate/data/fast_forward.scenario:
+	* validate/data/force_key_unit.scenario:
+	* validate/data/pause_resume.scenario:
+	* validate/data/play_15s.scenario:
+	* validate/data/reverse_playback.scenario:
+	* validate/data/scrub_backward_seeking.scenario:
+	* validate/data/scrub_forward_seeking.scenario:
+	* validate/data/seek_backward.scenario:
+	* validate/data/seek_forward.scenario:
+	* validate/data/seek_forward_backward.scenario:
+	* validate/data/seek_with_stop.scenario:
+	* validate/data/simple_seeks.scenario:
+	* validate/data/switch_audio_track.scenario:
+	* validate/data/switch_audio_track_while_paused.scenario:
+	* validate/data/switch_subtitle_track.scenario:
+	* validate/data/switch_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario:
+	* validate/data/update_start.scenario:
+	* validate/data/update_stop.scenario:
+	* validate/docs/validate/scenarios.xml:
+	* validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c:
+	  validate: Rename action type playback_time to playback-time
+	  Keeping backward compatiblity with the old naming
+
+2014-10-12 20:07:58 +0200  Thibault Saunier <tsaunier@gnome.org>
+
+	* validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-sections.txt:
+	* validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c:
+	* validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h:
+	* validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c:
+	* validate/tools/gst-validate.c:
+	  validate: Rename gst_validate_add_action_type to gst_validate_register_action_type
+	  The _register naming corresponds much better to what the method does
+	  and makes it more similar to how we refer to this kind of action in
+	  GStreamer.
+	  It is a last minute API change, but that API should not change anymore
+	  after 1.4 is released.
+
+2014-10-12 20:00:03 +0200  Thibault Saunier <tsaunier@gnome.org>
+
+	* validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c:
+	  validate: Fix the addition of playback_time in the parameter types
+
+2014-10-12 19:46:39 +0200  Thibault Saunier <tsaunier@gnome.org>
+
+	* validate/docs/validate/scenarios.xml:
+	* validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c:
+	* validate/tools/gst-validate.c:
+	  validate: Rename --list-action-types to --inspect-action-type
+	  Making clearer the meaning of the parameter and closer to the
+	  usual naming in the GStreamer land.
+
+2014-10-12 19:16:08 +0200  Thibault Saunier <tsaunier@gnome.org>
+
+	* validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c:
+	  validate: Add the 'flags' for the seek action type
+	  This was always a mandatory field but was not documented
+
+2014-09-29 10:22:55 +0530  Anuj Jaiswal <anuj.jaiswal@samsung.com>
+
+	* validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c:
+	  validate: mishandled pointer criticals
+	  Free glist of criticals
+	  Signed-off-by: Anuj Jaiswal <anuj.jaiswal@samsung.com>
+	  https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736313
+
+2014-10-01 10:54:47 +0200  Thibault Saunier <tsaunier@gnome.org>
+
+	* validate/docs/validate/command-line-tools.xml:
+	  validate:docs: Add documentation about the default testsuite
+
+2014-09-30 10:30:24 +0200  Mathieu Duponchelle <mathieu.duponchelle@collabora.com>
+
+	* validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c:
+	* validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h:
+	* validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c:
+	  validate-runner: switch to using a GList for the reports.
+	  + Return a copy of that list in get_reports.
+	  + update tests.
+
+2014-09-30 09:24:48 +0200  Mathieu Duponchelle <mathieu.duponchelle@collabora.com>
+
+	* validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c:
+	* validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h:
+	* validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c:
+	  validate-runner: Hide implementation.
+
+2014-09-30 09:11:58 +0200  Mathieu Duponchelle <mathieu.duponchelle@collabora.com>
+
+	* validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c:
+	* validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h:
+	  gst-validate-runner: Add locking for the reports list.
+
+2014-09-29 15:37:40 +0200  Thibault Saunier <tsaunier@gnome.org>
+
+	* validate/ChangeLog:
+	* validate/NEWS:
+	* validate/configure.ac:
+	* validate/docs/release.txt:
+	  Release 1.3.90
 
 2014-09-12 10:47:18 +0200  Thibault Saunier <tsaunier@gnome.org>
 
diff --git a/validate/NEWS b/validate/NEWS
index cef3252e93..011887974b 100644
--- a/validate/NEWS
+++ b/validate/NEWS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-This is the 1.3.90 release candidate before the 1.4.0 release of the GstValidate
+This is the 1.4.0 release of GstValidate
diff --git a/validate/configure.ac b/validate/configure.ac
index d43d6c9663..baa6b1485f 100644
--- a/validate/configure.ac
+++ b/validate/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.62)
 dnl initialize autoconf
 dnl when going to/from release please set the nano (fourth number) right !
 dnl releases only do Wall, cvs and prerelease does Werror too
-AC_INIT(Gst-Validate, 1.3.90,
+AC_INIT(Gst-Validate, 1.4.0,
     http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer,
     gst-validate)
 AG_GST_INIT