diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
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 # ripple-lib Release History
 
+## 1.0.0-beta.4 (2018-08-10)
+
++ [Add `prepareTransaction()`](https://github.com/ripple/ripple-lib/pull/898)
++ Internal improvements and cleanup
+
 ## 1.0.0-beta.3 (2018-07-17)
 
 + For payment channel transactions, `getTransaction` includes a new
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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 {
   "name": "ripple-lib",
-  "version": "1.0.0-beta.3",
+  "version": "1.0.0-beta.4",
   "license": "ISC",
   "description": "A JavaScript API for interacting with Ripple in Node.js and the browser",
   "files": [