diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa39090..fc347b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /ucx-1.2.2.tar.gz
 /ucx-1.3.1.tar.gz
+/ucx-1.4.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b12792c..dee3778 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (ucx-1.3.1.tar.gz) = f4aef43a4eb3ec66356a1f811c6d179d68d8fd30aa24442d9120e911f580718b5dadf8a2216915916466dd7fcb2766dc21335da3c6703fc01aa3559cf044222b
+SHA512 (ucx-1.4.0.tar.gz) = ac8073695c63555b8c09fa2fce157489ec52185c334470998bde11b2ef31d774f5dae360845359880f93ee308baa63b69dd9341187778c3134f2d56167f84cb8
diff --git a/ucx.spec b/ucx.spec
index deddaee..85691b0 100644
--- a/ucx.spec
+++ b/ucx.spec
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 %{!?configure_options: %global configure_options %{nil}}
 
 Name: ucx
-Version: 1.3.1
+Version: 1.4.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: UCX is a communication library implementing high-performance messaging
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 
 License: BSD
 URL: http://www.openucx.org
-Source: https://github.com/openucx/%{name}/releases/download/v1.3.1/ucx-1.3.1.tar.gz
+Source: https://github.com/openucx/%{name}/releases/download/v1.4.0/ucx-1.4.0.tar.gz
 
 BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ Provides static libraries required for development with UCX.
            --disable-debug \
            --disable-assertions \
            --disable-params-check \
-           CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-exceptions" \
            %{?configure_options}
 make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
 
@@ -81,8 +80,6 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog
-* Mon Aug 20 2018 Andrey Maslennikov <andreyma@mellanox.com> 1.3.1-1
-- See NEWS for details
 * Thu Aug 16 2018 Andrey Maslennikov <andreyma@mellanox.com> 1.3.0-1
 - Explicitly set gcc-c++ as requirements
 * Wed Mar 7 2018 Andrey Maslennikov <andreyma@mellanox.com> 1.3.0-1