diff --git a/Help/release/dev/0-sample-topic.rst b/Help/release/dev/0-sample-topic.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e4cc01e23..000000000
--- a/Help/release/dev/0-sample-topic.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-0-sample-topic
---------------
-
-* This is a sample release note for the change in a topic.
-  Developers should add similar notes for each topic branch
-  making a noteworthy change.  Each document should be named
-  and titled to match the topic name to avoid merge conflicts.
diff --git a/Help/release/index.rst b/Help/release/index.rst
index 752acbd30..5d1a3f76a 100644
--- a/Help/release/index.rst
+++ b/Help/release/index.rst
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ CMake Release Notes
   This file should include the adjacent "dev.txt" file
   in development versions but not in release versions.
 
-.. include:: dev.txt
-
 Releases
 ========
 
diff --git a/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake b/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
index 087ed53a0..aaef21233 100644
--- a/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
+++ b/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # CMake version number components.
 set(CMake_VERSION_MAJOR 3)
-set(CMake_VERSION_MINOR 3)
-set(CMake_VERSION_PATCH 20151005)
-#set(CMake_VERSION_RC 1)
+set(CMake_VERSION_MINOR 4)
+set(CMake_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+set(CMake_VERSION_RC 1)
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/upload_release.cmake b/Utilities/Release/upload_release.cmake
index ac413003b..171811a99 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/upload_release.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/Release/upload_release.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 set(CTEST_RUN_CURRENT_SCRIPT 0)
 if(NOT VERSION)
- set(VERSION 3.3)
+ set(VERSION 3.4)
 endif()
 if(NOT DEFINED PROJECT_PREFIX)
   set(PROJECT_PREFIX cmake-${VERSION})