diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 82ad208..4667fc5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+# 0.4.0 (2022-11-13)
+
+### Features
+
+- remove exclusion of `src/declations` in the generated `.gitignore`
+
+### Build
+
+- bump development dependencies
+
 # 0.3.0 (2022-10-18)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index aa40bdc..a3756d6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-ic",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3e9e4f7..d1714da 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-ic",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "description": "Quickly create a new application for the Internet Computer",
   "bin": "dist/index.js",
   "main": "dist/index.js",