diff --git a/oxide-api/package-lock.json b/oxide-api/package-lock.json
index 69d2fcc..9f3f5a0 100644
--- a/oxide-api/package-lock.json
+++ b/oxide-api/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@oxide/api",
-  "version": "0.4.0-alpha.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@oxide/api",
-      "version": "0.4.0-alpha.0",
+      "version": "0.4.0",
       "license": "MPL-2.0",
       "devDependencies": {
         "tsup": "^8.0.2",
diff --git a/oxide-api/package.json b/oxide-api/package.json
index eae2373..94e8b63 100644
--- a/oxide-api/package.json
+++ b/oxide-api/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@oxide/api",
-  "version": "0.4.0-alpha.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "description": "TypeScript client for the Oxide API",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=18"
diff --git a/oxide-openapi-gen-ts/docs/releases.md b/oxide-openapi-gen-ts/docs/releases.md
index 3bd7afb..bf02989 100644
--- a/oxide-openapi-gen-ts/docs/releases.md
+++ b/oxide-openapi-gen-ts/docs/releases.md
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ npm version <bump-type>
 # now build and publish (prepublish step runs build)
 npm publish
 
-# (optional) add a tag representing the release
+# (optional) add a tag representing the release. 
 # note v10 is not allowed by npm because it parses as semver
-npm public --tag rel10
+npm dist-tag add @oxide/api@0.4.0 rel10
 ```
 
 ## Generating the client in this repo