diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 769140e59dbe..684cdcc849cd 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project(
   # Note that the git commit hash cannot be added dynamically here (it is added
   # in the dynamically generated and installed `scipy/version.py` though - see
   # tools/version_utils.py
-  version: '1.11.4.dev0',
+  version: '1.11.4',
   license: 'BSD-3',
   meson_version: '>= 1.1.0',
   default_options: [
diff --git a/tools/version_utils.py b/tools/version_utils.py
index 5adc585925fe..660dec0d271f 100644
--- a/tools/version_utils.py
+++ b/tools/version_utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 MAJOR = 1
 MINOR = 11
 MICRO = 4
-ISRELEASED = False
+ISRELEASED = True
 IS_RELEASE_BRANCH = True
 VERSION = '%d.%d.%d' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)