diff --git a/test/libc/sock/sendfile_test.c b/test/libc/sock/sendfile_test.c
index d7ce70d8b..b907cf605 100644
--- a/test/libc/sock/sendfile_test.c
+++ b/test/libc/sock/sendfile_test.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 char testlib_enable_tmp_setup_teardown;
 
 void SetUpOnce(void) {
-  pledge("stdio rpath cpath proc inet", 0);
+  pledge("stdio rpath wpath cpath proc inet", 0);
   errno = 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tool/build/pledge.c b/tool/build/pledge.c
index f0c56c60e..48c7b0997 100644
--- a/tool/build/pledge.c
+++ b/tool/build/pledge.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ usage: pledge.com [-hnN] PROG ARGS...\n\
      - vminfo: allows /proc/stat, /proc/self/maps, etc.\n\
      - tmppath: allows /tmp, $TMPPATH, lstat, unlink\n\
 \n\
-pledge.com v1.3\n\
+pledge.com v1.4\n\
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