diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0ee8c01..2537c1f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.3.0"
+  ".": "0.4.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b771f5..228157f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,20 @@ Entries from 0.3.0 onwards are generated by
 [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) — do not edit this
 file by hand.
 
+## [0.4.0](https://github.com/DEVtheOPS/kore/compare/kore-v0.3.0...kore-v0.4.0) (2026-09-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add comprehensive issue templates and security policy ([9387784](https://github.com/DEVtheOPS/kore/commit/93877841ebfeb639e188b430750d351dd3ea67dc))
+* add Starlight docs site and screenshot CI ([10bd834](https://github.com/DEVtheOPS/kore/commit/10bd834e967b8c47a89477cfdf7ce3a21dc07d32))
+* switch to bun, finish rebrand, live metrics, and complete stubbed features ([7dd4634](https://github.com/DEVtheOPS/kore/commit/7dd463441d5c3ebaeba54abd831c73eaab2f2534))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** resolve dependabot alerts for npm and cargo ([3394b8a](https://github.com/DEVtheOPS/kore/commit/3394b8af40b8017122f5267166442399578bf236))
+
 ## [0.3.0](https://github.com/DEVtheOPS/kore/compare/kore-v0.2.0...kore-v0.3.0) (2026-09-07)
 
 
diff --git a/docs/package.json b/docs/package.json
index 0144153..b89e4ec 100644
--- a/docs/package.json
+++ b/docs/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "kore-docs",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "astro dev",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4d0a856..62adc6c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "kore",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "description": "Kubernetes Orchestration and Resource Explorer - A lightweight, open-source Kubernetes IDE",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index add174c..e667345 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -2560,7 +2560,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kore"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "chrono",
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 7cf5a43..75187d1 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "kore"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 description = "Kubernetes Orchestration and Resource Explorer"
 authors = ["DEVtheOPS"]
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index df0eae5..67857c4 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "Kore",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "identifier": "com.devtheops.kore",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "bun run dev",