diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index a90d1225733..01ddc771777 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ v 5.2.0
   - Restyle project clone panel
   - Move Gitlab::Git code to gitlab_git gem
   - Move update docs in repo
+  - requires gitlab-shell v1.4.0
 
 v 5.1.0
   - You can login with email or username now
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
index 94599ae880b..773e496ee41 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
@@ -654,11 +654,13 @@ namespace :gitlab do
   end
 
   def check_gitlab_shell
+    required_version = '1.4.0'
+
     print "GitLab Shell version? ... "
-    if gitlab_shell_version.strip == '1.3.0'
-      puts 'OK (1.3.0)'.green
+    if gitlab_shell_version.strip == required_version
+      puts "OK (#{required_version})".green
     else
-      puts 'FAIL. Please update gitlab-shell to v1.3.0'.red
+      puts "FAIL. Please update gitlab-shell to v#{required_version}".red
     end
   end
 end