diff --git a/roles/nginx_exporter/defaults/main.yml b/roles/nginx_exporter/defaults/main.yml
index 42ba9de1b..9f53be3ca 100644
--- a/roles/nginx_exporter/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx_exporter/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-nginx_exporter_version: 1.3.0
+nginx_exporter_version: 1.4.0
 nginx_exporter_binary_url: "https://github.com/{{ _nginx_exporter_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ nginx_exporter_version }}/\
                           nginx-prometheus-exporter_{{ nginx_exporter_version }}_{{ ansible_system | lower }}_{{ _nginx_exporter_go_ansible_arch }}.tar.gz"
 nginx_exporter_checksums_url: "https://github.com/{{ _nginx_exporter_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ nginx_exporter_version }}/\
diff --git a/roles/nginx_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/nginx_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 5004be07f..4684c7604 100644
--- a/roles/nginx_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ argument_specs:
     options:
       nginx_exporter_version:
         description: "nginx_exporter package version. Also accepts latest as parameter."
-        default: "1.3.0"
+        default: "1.4.0"
       nginx_exporter_plus:
         description: "Start the exporter for NGINX Plus."
         type: bool