Version bump for 3.4.0a4.
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index b38c72c..bf4407f 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 4
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 0
#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 3
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 4
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "3.4.0a3+"
+#define PY_VERSION "3.4.0a4"
/*--end constants--*/
/* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index cc18893..355542e 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
# Updated automatically by the Python release process.
#
#--start constants--
-__version__ = "3.4.0a3"
+__version__ = "3.4.0a4"
#--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index e15a0a2..fed9779 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "3.4.0a3"
+IDLE_VERSION = "3.4.0a4"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5d4ac75..0574043 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
What's New in Python 3.4.0 Alpha 4?
================================
-Projected release date: 2013-10-20
+Release date: 2013-10-20
Core and Builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-3.4.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-3.4.spec
index 4e9a863..a23cb27 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-3.4.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-3.4.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
%define name python
#--start constants--
-%define version 3.4.0a3
+%define version 3.4.0a4
%define libvers 3.4
#--end constants--
%define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index b39f235..002656e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 3.4.0 alpha 3
+This is Python version 3.4.0 alpha 4
====================================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,