diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 906e84940..5214de883 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [1.4.0](https://github.com/hyperledger/identus-apollo/compare/v1.3.24...v1.4.0) (2024-08-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* almost empty commit to test the release ([#186](https://github.com/hyperledger/identus-apollo/issues/186)) ([89b28a9](https://github.com/hyperledger/identus-apollo/commit/89b28a98e0fa82c5e935138c40024857101bbb4f))
+
 ## [1.3.24](https://github.com/hyperledger/identus-apollo/compare/v1.3.23...v1.3.24) (2024-07-19)
 
 
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 436309a56..2a775ab34 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ let package = Package(
         // RELEASE
         .binaryTarget(
             name: "ApolloBinary",
-            url: "https://github.com/hyperledger/identus-apollo/releases/download/v1.3.24/Apollo.xcframework.zip",
-            checksum: "05c4557410b7b4bcee5ad18943b729f3f1ffa9320dfe2f8159179eb99a0354fc"
+            url: "https://github.com/hyperledger/identus-apollo/releases/download/v1.4.0/Apollo.xcframework.zip",
+            checksum: "de744fb129cc1f60fe8ea4ac5fd511ee97a18ac596a102dc78dd25431871a704"
         )
     ]
 )
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 6f4778ccf..374201f2d 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = 1.3.24
+version = 1.4.0
 org.gradle.jvmargs = -Xmx3072M -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options="-Xmx3072M"
 kotlin.code.style = official
 android.useAndroidX = true