diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f9c3ecdb7a..bb8faea88e 100755
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = 'MicroPython'
-copyright = '2014-2017, Damien P. George, Paul Sokolovsky, and contributors'
+copyright = '2014-2018, Damien P. George, Paul Sokolovsky, and contributors'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ copyright = '2014-2017, Damien P. George, Paul Sokolovsky, and contributors'
 #
 # We don't follow "The short X.Y version" vs "The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags"
 # breakdown, so use the same version identifier for both to avoid confusion.
-version = release = '1.9.3'
+version = release = '1.9.4'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.