diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d813ec73b8f5686565f1acde7e25b6e686fae72..a9b516ed4d19245e5409a081a65114faa1631436 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ project(DD4hep)
 #  Use the same version numbers in DDSegmentaion/CmakeLists.txt
 #
 SET( DD4hep_VERSION_MAJOR 0 )
-SET( DD4hep_VERSION_MINOR 13 )
+SET( DD4hep_VERSION_MINOR 14 )
 SET( DD4hep_VERSION_PATCH 0 )
 
 SET( DD4hep_VERSION "${DD4hep_VERSION_MAJOR}.${DD4hep_VERSION_MINOR}" )
diff --git a/DDSegmentation/CMakeLists.txt b/DDSegmentation/CMakeLists.txt
index de0ae957c5595c26496c89c6541f9408afe98e82..09f27104bdbad587a2311efd652b9bac5ba441d6 100644
--- a/DDSegmentation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/DDSegmentation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(DDSegmentation)
  #fg: version number must be the same as DD4hep !!
 set(DDSegmentation_MAJOR_VERSION 0)
-set(DDSegmentation_MINOR_VERSION 13)
+set(DDSegmentation_MINOR_VERSION 14)
 set(DDSegmentation_PATCH_VERSION 0)
 set(DDSegmentation_VERSION "${DDSegmentation_MAJOR_VERSION}.${DDSegmentation_MINOR_VERSION}" )
 set(DDSegmentation_SOVERSION "${DDSegmentation_MAJOR_VERSION}.${DDSegmentation_MINOR_VERSION}")
diff --git a/doc/release.notes b/doc/release.notes
index 77526487c19b68f5a8669c716aab44a75041dd0e..0cce44878afd69c3ebe5e020f8f5e77001959532 100644
--- a/doc/release.notes
+++ b/doc/release.notes
@@ -3,10 +3,23 @@
 DD4hep  ----  Release Notes
 =================================
 
+ --------
+| v00-14 |  
+ --------   
+
 
+A.Sailer 
+ - Add missing scope to /DD4hep/Factories.h, to not force everyone to use using namespace
+
+F.Gaede: 2015-07-15
+ - changed type in SurfaceList and SurfaceMap from Surface to ISurface
+ - added methods length_along_u/v() to ISurface
+ - moved setting of CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS (if DD4HEP_USE_CXX11) from DD4hep.cmake to CMakeLists.txt
 
 2015-07-11n M.Frank
 -------------------
+  -  added starter docs DD4hepStartersGuide.pdf
+
 *** Important ***
   Before updating, backup your existing and working checkout. Though I was running 
   the basic tests, there may be unchecked corners of the software.