diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a16c25f..b8335a4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 This file lists notable changes in each release. For the full history of all
 changes, see ChangeLog.
 
+2011-04-18: v0.4.0 release
+ * Add support for Validity VFS101 (USB ID 138a:0001)
+ * Fix crasher when resizing a fingerprint image
+ * Fix wrong timeout being returned when either of
+   libusb or libfprint doesn't have a timeout
+
 2010-09-08: v0.3.0 release
  * Add support for UPEK TCS4C (USB ID 147e:1000)
  * Use NSS instead of OpenSSL for GPL compliance
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1fa3f10..f5c26f9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([libfprint], [0.3.0])
+AC_INIT([libfprint], [0.4.0])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip check-news])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([libfprint/core.c])