--- a/xml/index.xml
+++ b/xml/index.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,21 @@
 
 <news name="nginx news" link="/" lang="en">
 
+<event date="2013-04-24">
+<para>
+<link doc="en/download.xml">nginx-1.4.0</link>
+stable version has been released, incorporating many new
+features developed in the 1.3.x branch - 
+support for proxying of
+<link doc="en/docs/http/websocket.xml">WebSocket</link> connections,
+<link doc="en/docs/http/ngx_http_ssl_module.xml" id="ssl_stapling">OCSP
+stapling</link>,
+<link doc="en/docs/http/ngx_http_spdy_module.xml">SPDY module</link>,
+<link doc="en/docs/http/ngx_http_gunzip_module.xml">gunzip filter</link>
+and more.
+</para>
+</event>
+
 <event date="2013-04-16">
 <para>
 <link doc="en/download.xml">nginx-1.3.16</link>