diff --git a/.versioneer-lookup b/.versioneer-lookup
index 1ba11c46..b03660e7 100644
--- a/.versioneer-lookup
+++ b/.versioneer-lookup
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ prerelease
 HEAD
 \(detached.*
 
-# maintenance is currently the branch for preparation of maintenance release 1.3.3
+# maintenance is currently the branch for preparation of maintenance release 1.3.4
 # so are any fix/... and improve/... branches
-maintenance 1.3.3 0a69dbeddb301d5a32827a3f0d561f875df24234 pep440-dev
-fix/.* 1.3.3 0a69dbeddb301d5a32827a3f0d561f875df24234 pep440-dev
-improve/.* 1.3.3 0a69dbeddb301d5a32827a3f0d561f875df24234 pep440-dev
+maintenance 1.3.4 b55c4ef5ca5b96ec4274bf8ebe3ca51439003128 pep440-dev
+fix/.* 1.3.4 b55c4ef5ca5b96ec4274bf8ebe3ca51439003128 pep440-dev
+improve/.* 1.3.4 b55c4ef5ca5b96ec4274bf8ebe3ca51439003128 pep440-dev
 
-# staging/maintenance is currently the branch for preparation of 1.3.3rc4 (if we'll need that)
-staging/maintenance 1.3.3rc4 ce1541e956778b732458599a21f38b6783a0c2ec pep440-dev
+# staging/maintenance is currently the branch for preparation of 1.3.4rc1
+staging/maintenance 1.3.4rc1 b55c4ef5ca5b96ec4274bf8ebe3ca51439003128 pep440-dev
 
 # every other branch is a development branch and thus gets resolved to 1.4.0-dev for now
 .* 1.4.0 7f5d03d0549bcbd26f40e7e4a3297ea5204fb1cc pep440-dev