diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 7e64c4d..d09a8bf 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: quarto-wordcount
 Title: Counts Words in Quarto Documents
-Version: 1.3.0
+Version: 1.4.0
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Imports: 
diff --git a/_extensions/wordcount/_extension.yml b/_extensions/wordcount/_extension.yml
index 72c7b19..3ee236b 100644
--- a/_extensions/wordcount/_extension.yml
+++ b/_extensions/wordcount/_extension.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ authors:
     orcid: 0000-0003-1866-860X
   - name: Justin Landis
     orcid: 0000-0001-5501-4934
-version: 1.3.0
+version: 1.4.0
 quarto-required: ">=1.4.551"
 contributes:
   shortcodes: