diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0846753..bdfb691 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -294,7 +294,9 @@ You are more than welcome to fork or submit pull requests (!).
 Change log
 ##########
 
-v0.4 (future)
+v0.4
+
+- refactored and updated, see release tag for details
 
 
 v0.3
diff --git a/project_quickstart/version.py b/project_quickstart/version.py
index b5ba2a8..2c93616 100644
--- a/project_quickstart/version.py
+++ b/project_quickstart/version.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Version information for the package."""
 
 # Single source of truth for the package version
-__version__ = "0.3.8"
+__version__ = "0.4.0"
 
 
 def get_version() -> str: