diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 22392c7..b6e1bb5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
-    - "4"
     - "6"
+    - "8"
 
 # these are required for building on node.js v4
 addons:
diff --git a/Changes.md b/Changes.md
index fa61c0f..c4178d7 100644
--- a/Changes.md
+++ b/Changes.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+## 1.0.4 - 2017-__-__
+
+- drop node 4.x testing.
+
 ## 1.0.3 - 2017-08-06
 
 - corrected config path to always_ok setting
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c40fcff..749664e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "haraka-plugin-syslog",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "description": "Haraka plugin that logs to syslog",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {