diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 39311daf..f37e9b06 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ track version numbers, where backwards incompatible changes
 latest
 ------
 
+[will add changes here as they are made]
+
+0.4.0
+-----
+
 * support for ``.html`` files (#7)
 
 * support for ``.eml`` files (#4)
diff --git a/textract/__init__.py b/textract/__init__.py
index 39e3883b..39be57c4 100644
--- a/textract/__init__.py
+++ b/textract/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = "0.3.0"
+VERSION = "0.4.0"
 
 from .parsers import process