diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f068973..fb574b5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 [issue1173]: https://github.com/dlang/dub/issues/1173
 
+v1.4.1 - 2017-08-
+-------------------
+
 v1.4.0 - 2017-07-19
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/source/dub/version_.d b/source/dub/version_.d
index cdab016..fa8350b 100644
--- a/source/dub/version_.d
+++ b/source/dub/version_.d
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 module dub.version_;
-enum dubVersion = "v1.4.0";
+enum dubVersion = "v1.4.1-beta.1";
diff --git a/test/common.sh b/test/common.sh
index b43c656..7bd2a27 100644
--- a/test/common.sh
+++ b/test/common.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
 function die() {
     local line=$1
     local msg=${2:-command failed}
-    local rc=${3:-1}
+    local supplemental=${3:-}
     >&2 echo "[ERROR] $SOURCE_FILE:$1 $msg"
-    exit $rc
+    if [ ! -z "$supplemental" ]; then
+        echo "$supplemental" | >&2 sed 's|^|        |g'
+    fi
+    exit 1
 }
 trap 'die $LINENO' ERR
diff --git a/test/feat663-search.sh b/test/feat663-search.sh
index 4778a51..ab127cb 100755
--- a/test/feat663-search.sh
+++ b/test/feat663-search.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 if ${DUB} search nonexistent123456789package 2>/dev/null; then
     die $LINENO '`dub search nonexistent123456789package` succeeded'
 fi
-if ! ${DUB} search dub | grep -q '^dub'; then
-    die $LINENO '`dub search dub` failed'
+if ! OUTPUT=$(${DUB} search dub -v 2>&1) || ! { echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -q '^dub (.*)\s'; } then
+    die $LINENO '`dub search dub` failed' "$OUTPUT"
 fi