diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: ggforce
 Type: Package
 Title: Accelerating 'ggplot2'
-Version: 0.3.4.9000
+Version: 0.4.0
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Thomas Lin",
              family = "Pedersen",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# ggforce (development version)
+# ggforce 0.4.0
 
 * Moved to vctrs internally
 * Updated error messaging to use cli