diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+2024-06-23  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>
+
+	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): RcppArmadillo 0.12.8.4.0.14.4 ie the
+	fourth test package of the 14.0.0 development branch
+
+ 	* inst/include/armadillo_bits/: Armadillo 14.0.0 rc1
+
 2024-05-30  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>
 
 	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): RcppArmadillo 0.12.8.4.0
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: RcppArmadillo
 Type: Package
 Title: 'Rcpp' Integration for the 'Armadillo' Templated Linear Algebra Library
-Version: 0.12.8.4.0.14.3
-Date: 2024-06-21
+Version: 0.12.8.4.0.14.4
+Date: 2024-06-23
 Author: Dirk Eddelbuettel, Romain Francois, Doug Bates, Binxiang Ni, and Conrad Sanderson
 Maintainer: Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
 Description: 'Armadillo' is a templated C++ linear algebra library (by Conrad