diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: kwb.package
 Title: Install / Unstall KWB Packages and Show Package Dependencies
-Version: 0.3.0.9000
+Version: 0.4.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hauke", "Sonnenberg", , "hauke.sonnenberg@kompetenz-wasser.de", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-9134-2871")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Current Development
 
+# [kwb.package 0.4.0](https://github.com/KWB-R/kwb.package/releases/tag/v0.4.0) <small>2024-05-05</small>
+
 The following public functions were added:
 
 - getAuthors()