diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index afed739..0ef0095 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+mendel-development-tool (1.4.1-1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * sshclient: Default to the dumb TERM type
+
+ -- June Tate-Gans <jtgans@google.com>  Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:26:00 -0700
+
 mendel-development-tool (1.4-1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * windows: Fix coding errors in the windows console
diff --git a/mdt/__init__.py b/mdt/__init__.py
index 44f2c5f..d69fb04 100644
--- a/mdt/__init__.py
+++ b/mdt/__init__.py
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 '''
 
 
-__version__ = '1.4'
+__version__ = '1.4.1'
diff --git a/mdt/sshclient.py b/mdt/sshclient.py
index ea4299a..13d4398 100644
--- a/mdt/sshclient.py
+++ b/mdt/sshclient.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
         return environment
 
     def openShell(self):
-        term = os.getenv("TERM", default="vt100")
+        term = os.getenv("TERM", default="dumb")
         env = self._generateEnvironment()
         width, height = os.get_terminal_size()
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2ed7408..38185e2 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='mendel-development-tool',
-    version='1.4',
+    version='1.4.1',
     description='A command-line tool to manage Mendel Linux embedded systems',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',