diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 74cdd690..15761c74 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 # project setup
 project('mu', ['c', 'cpp'],
-        version: '1.12.14-pre3',
+        version: '1.12.14-pre4',
         meson_version: '>= 0.56.0',
         license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later',
         default_options : [
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ project('mu', ['c', 'cpp'],
 
 # hard-code the date here (for reproducibility); we derive the dates used in
 # e.g. documentation from this.
-mu_date='2025-10-19'
+mu_date='2025-11-25'
 
 # installation paths
 prefixdir = get_option('prefix')