diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ebf0971..5980cff 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ set( CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS ON )
 set( CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
 set(VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set(VERSION_MINOR 4)
+set(VERSION_MINOR 0)
 set(VERSION_PATCH 3)
 
 set( CLI_CLIENT_EXECUTABLE_NAME cleos )
diff --git a/libraries/chain/genesis_state.cpp b/libraries/chain/genesis_state.cpp
index 50553f7..4d49d42 100644
--- a/libraries/chain/genesis_state.cpp
+++ b/libraries/chain/genesis_state.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 namespace eosio { namespace chain {
 
 genesis_state::genesis_state() {
-   initial_timestamp = fc::time_point::from_iso_string( "2018-06-01T12:00:00" );
+   initial_timestamp = fc::time_point::from_iso_string( "2019-05-05T12:00:00" );
    initial_key = fc::variant(eosio_root_key).as<public_key_type>();
 }
 
diff --git a/tutorials/bios-boot-tutorial/genesis.json b/tutorials/bios-boot-tutorial/genesis.json
index 2aafefc..32fcbda 100644
--- a/tutorials/bios-boot-tutorial/genesis.json
+++ b/tutorials/bios-boot-tutorial/genesis.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "initial_timestamp": "2018-10-30T12:00:00.000",
+  "initial_timestamp": "2019-05-05T12:00:00.000",
   "initial_key": "ACTX7cvL5oqAPJRe6vGz73sthbdnKHryf1RbmaYCax1E3k2KDh7bem",
   "initial_configuration": {
     "max_block_net_usage": 1048576,