diff --git a/tycho-ds-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/ds/DeclarativeServiceConfigurationReader.java b/tycho-ds-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/ds/DeclarativeServiceConfigurationReader.java
index 824fc9ab52..2bc8dea0fa 100644
--- a/tycho-ds-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/ds/DeclarativeServiceConfigurationReader.java
+++ b/tycho-ds-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/ds/DeclarativeServiceConfigurationReader.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class DeclarativeServiceConfigurationReader {
     private static final String DS_PLUGIN = "org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-ds-plugin";
 	public static final String DEFAULT_ENABLED = "false";
     public static final String DEFAULT_ADD_TO_CLASSPATH = "true";
-    public static final String DEFAULT_DS_VERSION = "1.3";
+	public static final String DEFAULT_DS_VERSION = "1.4";
     public static final String DEFAULT_PATH = "OSGI-INF";
     private static final String PROPERTY_CLASSPATH = "classpath";
     private static final String PROPERTY_DS_VERSION = "dsVersion";