diff --git a/src/torchmetrics/__about__.py b/src/torchmetrics/__about__.py
index 9ebaada9329..7e301d9448e 100644
--- a/src/torchmetrics/__about__.py
+++ b/src/torchmetrics/__about__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "1.4.0"
+__version__ = "1.4.0.post0"
 __author__ = "Lightning-AI et al."
 __author_email__ = "name@pytorchlightning.ai"
 __license__ = "Apache-2.0"