diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index cf82ccd9d..61d0b3f56 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,38 @@
-dev
-api : Rename ZSTD_CCtxParam_getParameter to ZSTD_CCtxParams_getParameter
-api : Rename ZSTD_CCtxParam_setParameter to ZSTD_CCtxParams_setParameter
+v1.4.0
+perf: Improve level 1 compression speed in most scenarios by 6% by @gbtucker and @terrelln
+api: Move the advanced API, including all functions in the staging section, to the stable section
+api: Make ZSTD_e_flush and ZSTD_e_end block for maximum forward progress
+api: Rename ZSTD_CCtxParam_getParameter to ZSTD_CCtxParams_getParameter
+api: Rename ZSTD_CCtxParam_setParameter to ZSTD_CCtxParams_setParameter
+api: Don't export ZSTDMT functions from the shared library by default
+api: Add ZSTD_decompressBound() to provide an upper bound on decompressed size by @shakeelrao
+api: Fix ZSTD_decompressDCtx() corner cases with a dictionary
+api: Move ZSTD_getDictID_*() functions to the stable section
+api: Add ZSTD_c_literalCompressionMode flag to enable or disable literal compression by @terrelln
+api: Allow compression parameters to be set when a dictionary is used
+api: Allow setting parameters before or after ZSTD_CCtx_loadDictionary() is called
+api: Fix ZSTD_estimateCStreamSize_usingCCtxParams()
+api: Setting ZSTD_d_maxWindowLog to 0 means use the default
+cli: Ensure that a dictionary is not used to compress itself by @shakeelrao
+cli: Add --[no-]compress-literals flag to enable or disable literal compression
+doc: Update the examples to use the advanced API
+doc: Explain how to transition from old streaming functions to the advanced API in the header
+build: Improve the Windows release packages
+build: Improve CMake build by @hjmjohnson
+build: Build fixes for FreeBSD by @lwhsu
+build: Remove redundant warnings by @thatsafunnyname
+build: Fix tests on OpenBSD by @bket
+build: Extend fuzzer build system to work with the new clang engine
+build: CMake now creates the libzstd.so.1 symlink
+build: Improve Menson build by @lzutao
+misc: Fix symbolic link detection on FreeBSD
+misc: Use physical core count for -T0 on FreeBSD by @cemeyer
+misc: Fix zstd --list on truncated files by @kostmo
+misc: Improve logging in debug mode by @felixhandte
+misc: Add CirrusCI tests by @lwhsu
+misc: Optimize dictionary memory usage in corner cases
+misc: Improve the dictionary builder on small or homogeneous data
+misc: Fix spelling across the repo by @jsoref
 
 v1.3.8
 perf: better decompression speed on large files (+7%) and cold dictionaries (+15%)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 65dcd1821..290341cc7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ a list of known ports and bindings is provided on [Zstandard homepage](http://ww
 ## Benchmarks
 
 For reference, several fast compression algorithms were tested and compared
-on a server running Linux Debian (`Linux version 4.14.0-3-amd64`),
-with a Core i7-6700K CPU @ 4.0GHz,
+on a server running Arch Linux (`Linux version 5.0.5-arch1-1`),
+with a Core i9-9900K CPU @ 5.0GHz,
 using [lzbench], an open-source in-memory benchmark by @inikep
-compiled with [gcc] 7.3.0,
+compiled with [gcc] 8.2.1,
 on the [Silesia compression corpus].
 
 [lzbench]: https://github.com/inikep/lzbench
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ on the [Silesia compression corpus].
 
 | Compressor name         | Ratio | Compression| Decompress.|
 | ---------------         | ------| -----------| ---------- |
-| **zstd 1.3.4 -1**       | 2.877 |   470 MB/s |  1380 MB/s |
-| zlib 1.2.11 -1          | 2.743 |   110 MB/s |   400 MB/s |
-| brotli 1.0.2 -0         | 2.701 |   410 MB/s |   430 MB/s |
-| quicklz 1.5.0 -1        | 2.238 |   550 MB/s |   710 MB/s |
-| lzo1x 2.09 -1           | 2.108 |   650 MB/s |   830 MB/s |
-| lz4 1.8.1               | 2.101 |   750 MB/s |  3700 MB/s |
-| snappy 1.1.4            | 2.091 |   530 MB/s |  1800 MB/s |
-| lzf 3.6 -1              | 2.077 |   400 MB/s |   860 MB/s |
+| **zstd 1.4.0 -1**       | 2.884 |   530 MB/s |  1360 MB/s |
+| zlib 1.2.11 -1          | 2.743 |   110 MB/s |   440 MB/s |
+| brotli 1.0.7 -0         | 2.701 |   430 MB/s |   470 MB/s |
+| quicklz 1.5.0 -1        | 2.238 |   600 MB/s |   800 MB/s |
+| lzo1x 2.09 -1           | 2.106 |   680 MB/s |   950 MB/s |
+| lz4 1.8.3               | 2.101 |   800 MB/s |  4220 MB/s |
+| snappy 1.1.4            | 2.073 |   580 MB/s |  2020 MB/s |
+| lzf 3.6 -1              | 2.077 |   440 MB/s |   930 MB/s |
 
 [zlib]: http://www.zlib.net/
 [LZ4]: http://www.lz4.org/