diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.1.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.1.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..22af1d164326b12ccf922b5a2eb97e42ccb7595f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.1.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Git 1.8.1.4 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+Fixes since v1.8.1.3
+--------------------
+
+ * "git imap-send" talking over imaps:// did make sure it received a
+   valid certificate from the other end, but did not check if the
+   certificate matched the host it thought it was talking to.
+
+Also contains various documentation fixes.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index c7f211e81b6847ba2cc55e486c898f4405049501..da0115f3d0569c2a7addaf5eff49a06d0ebf572c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.8.1.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.1.3]
+* link:v1.8.1.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.1.4]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.1.4.txt[1.8.1.4],
   link:RelNotes/1.8.1.3.txt[1.8.1.3],
   link:RelNotes/1.8.1.2.txt[1.8.1.2],
   link:RelNotes/1.8.1.1.txt[1.8.1.1],
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 07685f469777e13ed7ad67291e82a69920bd42bd..dcd3595f278439c267d8e7f9725efa2147bf1f15 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.8.1.3
+DEF_VER=v1.8.1.4
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index ce97a3befbd82fe61cd9e0847e26ffa454a48f98..ad613ead7bfedefeca6e3e49bc0ba9349702aa44 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.1.3.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.1.4.txt
\ No newline at end of file