diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfd5ffc4986996d5b987575d179fb92b8fe0f2e9..5baa6a5f462396801c9d331bc1d30152ecfb0443 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Add the XChart library as a dependency to your pom.xml file:
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.xeiam.xchart</groupId>
         <artifactId>xchart</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.3</version>
+        <version>2.4.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
 For snapshots, add the following to your pom.xml file:
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ For snapshots, add the following to your pom.xml file:
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.xeiam</groupId>
       <artifactId>xchart</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
 ## Building
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ For snapshots, add the following to your pom.xml file:
 
 ## Running Demo
     cd /path/to/xchart-demo/jar/
-    java -cp xchart-demo-2.3.3.jar:xchart-2.3.3.jar com.xeiam.xchart.demo.XChartDemo
+    java -cp xchart-demo-2.4.0.jar:xchart-2.4.0.jar com.xeiam.xchart.demo.XChartDemo
 
 ## Bugs
 Please report any bugs or submit feature requests to [XChart's Github issue tracker](https://github.com/timmolter/XChart/issues).  
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cf8eda78cd1b3d75a2c06dc9ec6425b449b20ca0..cb606c0afb11df54ae38b5654b97a08f4f160711 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.xeiam.xchart</groupId>
 	<artifactId>xchart-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>2.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>XChart Parent</name>
 	<description>Basic Charts for Java Applications</description>