diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 04fab56f9..10d19f228 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ set(RDK_PYTHON_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/rdkit")
  
 #------- 
 # Config variables:
-set(RDKit_Year "2013")
-set(RDKit_Month "09")
-set(RDKit_Revision "1")
+set(RDKit_Year "2014")
+set(RDKit_Month "03")
+set(RDKit_Revision "1pre")
 set(RDKit_ABI "1")
 
 set(RDKit_CodeDir "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Code")
diff --git a/Docs/Book/conf.py b/Docs/Book/conf.py
index 73d8f554a..ed1d847d0 100644
--- a/Docs/Book/conf.py
+++ b/Docs/Book/conf.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ copyright = u'2013, Greg Landrum'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2013.09'
+version = '2014.03'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2013.09.1'
+release = '2014.03.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.txt b/ReleaseNotes.txt
index 81f9b0aea..9bd7d1d62 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes.txt
+++ b/ReleaseNotes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+******  Release_2014.03.1 *******
+(Changes relative to Release_2013.09.1)
+
+Acknowledgements:
+
+Bug Fixes:
+
+New Features:
+
+New Database Cartridge Features: 
+
+New Java Wrapper Features:
+
+Deprecated modules (to be removed in next release):
+
+Removed modules:
+
+Contrib updates:
+
+Other:
+
+
 ******  Release_2013.09.1 *******
 (Changes relative to Release_2013.06.1)