diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 547591dc..3d6d5047 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+<a name="4.1.0"></a>
+# [4.1.0](https://github.com/yargs/yargs-parser/compare/v4.0.2...v4.1.0) (2016-11-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* apply coercions to default options ([#65](https://github.com/yargs/yargs-parser/issues/65)) ([c79052b](https://github.com/yargs/yargs-parser/commit/c79052b))
+* handle dot notation boolean options ([#63](https://github.com/yargs/yargs-parser/issues/63)) ([02c3545](https://github.com/yargs/yargs-parser/commit/02c3545))
+
+
+
 <a name="4.0.2"></a>
 ## [4.0.2](https://github.com/yargs/yargs-parser/compare/v4.0.1...v4.0.2) (2016-09-30)
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 564cb2ed..0d3ed26a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ function parse (args, opts) {
   setConfig(argv)
   setConfigObjects()
   applyEnvVars(argv, false)
-  applyCoercions(argv)
   applyDefaultsAndAliases(argv, flags.aliases, defaults)
+  applyCoercions(argv)
 
   // for any counts either not in args or without an explicit default, set to 0
   Object.keys(flags.counts).forEach(function (key) {
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ function parse (args, opts) {
       o[key] = increment(o[key])
     } else if (o[key] === undefined && checkAllAliases(key, flags.arrays)) {
       o[key] = Array.isArray(value) ? value : [value]
-    } else if (o[key] === undefined || checkAllAliases(key, flags.bools) || checkAllAliases(key, flags.counts)) {
+    } else if (o[key] === undefined || checkAllAliases(key, flags.bools) || checkAllAliases(keys.join('.'), flags.bools) || checkAllAliases(key, flags.counts)) {
       o[key] = value
     } else if (Array.isArray(o[key])) {
       o[key].push(value)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 81c511e5..a2f4baad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "yargs-parser",
-  "version": "4.0.2",
+  "version": "4.1.0",
   "description": "the mighty option parser used by yargs",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "mocha": "^3.0.1",
     "nyc": "^8.1.0",
     "standard": "^8.0.0",
-    "standard-version": "^2.1.2"
+    "standard-version": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "camelcase": "^3.0.0"
diff --git a/test/yargs-parser.js b/test/yargs-parser.js
index dac993c9..8529d859 100644
--- a/test/yargs-parser.js
+++ b/test/yargs-parser.js
@@ -198,6 +198,18 @@ describe('yargs-parser', function () {
     parse.should.have.property('_').and.deep.equal(['one', 'two', 'three'])
   })
 
+  it('should correctly parse dot-notation boolean flags', function () {
+    var parse = parser(['--nested', '--n.v', '--n.y', 'foo'], {
+      boolean: ['nested', 'n.v']
+    })
+
+    parse.should.have.property('nested', true).and.be.a('boolean')
+    parse.should.have.property('n').and.deep.equal({
+      v: true,
+      y: 'foo'
+    })
+  })
+
   it('should preserve newlines in option values', function () {
     var args = parser(['-s', 'X\nX'])
     args.should.have.property('_').with.length(0)
@@ -1992,6 +2004,18 @@ describe('yargs-parser', function () {
       parsed.foo.bar.should.equal('nananana, batman!')
     })
 
+    it('applies coercion to defaults', function () {
+      var parsed = parser([], {
+        default: { foo: 'bar' },
+        coerce: {
+          foo: function (val) {
+            return val.toUpperCase()
+          }
+        }
+      })
+      parsed.foo.should.equal('BAR')
+    })
+
     it('applies coercion function to an implicit array', function () {
       var parsed = parser(['--foo', '99', '-f', '33'], {
         coerce: {